HP StoreEver MSL2024, MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries User and Service Guide (AK378-96059, December 2012)
Table Of Contents
- User and Service Guide
- Contents
- 1 Features and overview
- Library options
- Interface specifications and requirements for parallel SCSI drives
- Interface specifications and requirements for Fibre Channel drives
- Interface specifications and requirements for SAS drives
- LTO-4 and later generation tape drives and encryption
- Logical libraries
- Control path and data path failover
- Front panel overview
- Back panel overview
- Tape drive back panel overviews
- Tape drive power indicator
- Controller health status indicator
- Power supply back panel (MSL4048, MSL8084, and MSL8096)
- 2 Installing the library
- Preparing the host
- Planning the parallel SCSI configuration
- Planning the SAS configuration
- Planning the Fibre Channel configuration
- Choosing a location
- Unpacking the shipping container
- Identifying product components
- Removing the shipping lock
- Mounting the device in a rack
- Installing the tabletop conversion kit
- Installing tape drives
- Installing a redundant power supply
- Changing the SCSI address (parallel SCSI drives only)
- Connecting the parallel SCSI cable (parallel SCSI devices only)
- Connecting the Fibre Channel cables (Fibre Channel devices only)
- Connecting the SAS cable (SAS devices only)
- Powering on the device
- Configuring the device
- Verifying the connection
- Labeling and loading the tape cartridges
- Verifying the installation
- Configuring additional features
- 3 Tape cartridges and magazines
- 4 Operating the tape library
- Remote management interface (RMI)
- Overview
- Login
- Status pane
- Getting help
- Identity
- Status
- Configuration
- Changing the system configuration
- Changing the drive configuration
- Changing the network configuration
- Configuration: Network Management
- Changing the administrator password
- Setting the date and time
- Setting error log mode
- Setting event notification parameters
- Saving and restoring the device configuration and restoring factory defaults
- Operations
- Support
- MSL2024 Operator control panel (OCP)
- LED indicators
- Library home screen
- Operator control panel buttons
- Understanding the menu structure
- Unlocking the mailslot (Unlock Mailslot)
- Status/Information
- Configuration
- Configuring logical libraries (Status/Information > Set Logical Libraries)
- Changing the administrator password (Configuration > Change Admin Password)
- Setting the number of reserved slots (Configuration > Set Reserved Slot Count)
- Configuring the mailslot (Configuration > Configure Mailslot)
- Bar code reporting format (Configuration > Barcode Format Reporting)
- Changing the SCSI address — parallel SCSI devices (Configuration> Change Drive)
- Changing the drive configuration — Fibre Channel devices (Configuration > Change Drive)
- Setting the master drive (Configuration > Set Master Drive)
- Setting behaviors (Configuration > Library behavior)
- Setting the date and time (Configuration > Library Date/Time)
- Configuring network settings (Configuration > Configure Network Settings)
- Configuring automatic cleaning (Configuration > Configure Auto Cleaning)
- Restoring factory defaults (Configuration > Restore Defaults)
- Saving and restoring the library configuration (Configuration > Save/Restore Configuration)
- Operations
- Unlocking, removing, and replacing magazines (Operations > Unlock Left or Right Magazine)
- Cleaning a tape drive (Operations> Clean Drive)
- Moving tapes in the library (Operations > Move Tape)
- Updating tape cartridge inventory (Operations > Perform Inventory)
- Rebooting the library (Operations> Reboot library)
- Enabling password locks (Operations > Enable Library Password Locks)
- Support
- Powering a drive on or off (Support > Power On/Off Drives)
- Running the demonstration (Support > Run Demo)
- Running the slot to slot test (Support > Run Slot To Slot Test)
- Running the wellness test (Support > Run Wellness Test)
- Upgrading firmware (Support > Library FW Upgrade, Support > Drive FW Upgrade)
- Viewing logs (Support > Library Error Log)
- Downloading a support ticket (Support > Download Support Ticket)
- Forcing the drive to eject a tape (Support > Force Drive To Eject Tape)
- MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 operator control panel
- Overview
- Using the OCP
- Illustrated menu option and navigation examples
- Info menu
- Configuration menu
- Changing the number of logical libraries (Configuration > Logical Libraries)
- Changing the library configuration (Configuration > Library)
- Changing the drive configuration (Configuration > Drives)
- Changing the network configuration (Configuration > Network)
- Barcode reporting format (Configuration > Barcode Reporting)
- Setting and changing the administrator password (Configuration> Set Admin Password)
- Restore defaults (Configuration > Restore Defaults)
- Setting the library date and time (Configuration > Set Date and Time)
- Saving and restoring the library configuration (Configuration> Save/Restore)
- Operations menu
- Support menu
- Powering drives on and off (Support > Power on/off Drives)
- Cleaning the tape drive (Support > Clean Drive)
- Running tests (Support > Run Tests)
- Viewing logs (Support > View Logs)
- Updating library and drive firmware (Support > FW Upgrade)
- Force ejecting a drive (Support > Force Drive Eject)
- Downloading a support ticket (Support > Support Ticket)
- Rebooting the tape library (Support > Reboot)
- Remote management interface (RMI)
- 5 Troubleshooting
- Detection problems after installing a parallel SCSI device
- Detection problems after installing a SAS device
- Fibre Channel connection problems
- Operation problems
- Performance problems
- Service and repair
- The wellness test
- Error codes
- Warning events
- Configuration change events
- Information events
- Using HP Library & Tape Tools to diagnose problems
- 6 Upgrading and servicing the tape library
- Possible tools needed
- Installing a new tape drive
- Removing and replacing a tape drive
- Removing and replacing a magazine
- Installing a redundant power supply (MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 only)
- Replacing the power supply (MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096)
- Replacing the library controller (MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096)
- Removing and replacing the base chassis
- 7 Support and other resources
- 8 Documentation feedback
- A Technical specifications
- B Regulatory information
- C Electrostatic discharge
- Glossary
- Index
On the MSL8048 and MSL8096, the library leaves all magazines on a side unlocked for several
seconds. During that time, you can pull out as many magazines on the side as you want. A
magazine is locked when it is pushed back into the library. The library will wait about 30 seconds
after the last magazine is installed before starting the inventory. Before the inventory starts, you
can unlock the magazines on either side.
NOTE: Due to the library design, all left or all right magazines will be unlocked. The library will
halt robotic functions until all magazines are present. It is not possible to unlock all of the magazines
at once from the front panel.
Moving Media (Operations > Move Media)
This option instructs the library to move a cartridge from a tape drive, a tape slot in any magazine
or a mailslot to any other location not already holding a tape. This option also lets you load and
unload tape cartridges to and from the installed tape drives. To use this command, you must first
select where you want to move the tape from (in one of the Source fields), and then indicate where
you want to move the tape to (in one of the Destinations fields).
Source Type: This toggles between all available mailslot, magazines. and drives.
Source -> Source by Label: If appropriate, this toggles between available source cartridges. Only
Full source slots are available for selection.
Destination Type: This toggles between all available destinations: Mailslot, Magazine, and Drive.
Destination: If appropriate, this option allows you to specify the cartridge destination. For a
magazine, select a slot. Only Empty destination slots are available for selection.
Access to the Move Media option requires the use of the administrator password.
Performing Inventory (Operations > Inventory)
This option updates the inventory status of the library. The library checks each slot and drive for
bar codes and determines if tapes are present or not.
NOTE: This command is needed only if the inventory in the library is different than the inventory
displayed on the front panel, which would not happen under normal conditions.
Enabling Password Locks (Operations > Enable Password Locks)
This option locks the restricted areas. This is typically used if the operator does not want to wait
for the time out to reset the locks. Power cycling or library Reset also resets the locks.
Support menu
The following Support menu options are available:
• “Powering drives on and off (Support > Power on/off Drives)” (page 139)
• “Cleaning the tape drive (Support > Clean Drive)” (page 139)
• “Running tests (Support > Run Tests)” (page 139)
• “Viewing logs (Support > View Logs)” (page 139)
• “Updating library and drive firmware (Support > FW Upgrade)” (page 139)
• “Force ejecting a drive (Support > Force Drive Eject)” (page 141)
• “Downloading a support ticket (Support > Support Ticket)” (page 141)
• “Rebooting the tape library (Support > Reboot) ” (page 141)
138 Operating the tape library