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
2. Click Generate Temporary LTFS License.
NOTE: Download the LTFS software before generating the temporary LTFS license.
To apply the permanent license:
1. Navigate to the RMI Configuration: License Key screen.
2. Enter the license key and then click Submit. The permanent license takes effect when the library
is rebooted.
Interface specifications and requirements for parallel SCSI drives
The parallel SCSI libraries use the Ultra 320 SCSI LVD interface. The libraries use a separate SCSI
ID for each tape drive, with dual LUNs on the master drive's SCSI ID to control the tape drive (LUN
0) and library robotic (LUN 1). HP recommends that each Ultrium tape drive be put on its own bus
when possible.
The parallel SCSI libraries incorporate a wide SCSI-2 or SCSI-3 low-voltage differential (LVD) SCSI
bus. Make sure your SCSI host adapter or controller supports these standards.
IMPORTANT: The libraries are NOT compatible with a high-voltage differential (HVD) SCSI bus.
Do not put the library on a narrow (50-pin) parallel SCSI bus because doing so will severely
degrade performance.
Parallel SCSI host bus adapters (HBAs)
For optimum performance, place each tape drive on its own parallel SCSI bus with a host bus
adapter that can transfer data as fast as the library can read and write. The HBA must also be
supported by your operating system. For best performance, use an Ultra 320 HBA. For current
HBA compatibility information, see the EBS matrix at http://www.hp.com/go/ebs.
IMPORTANT: Do not connect an Ultrium tape drive to an SE SCSI bus, as it severely degrades
library performance. A single-ended SCSI host bus adapter severely degrades library performance
and limits cable length. Also, if any SE devices are on the SCSI bus, all of the devices on the bus
slow down to SE speed, severely degrading performance.
Multiple LUN support
The library uses a single SCSI ID and two logical unit numbers (LUN). LUN 0 controls the tape
drive and LUN 1 controls the robotic. The library requires an HBA that supports multiple LUNs. If
multiple LUN support is not enabled, the host computer cannot scan beyond LUN 0 to discover the
library. It just sees the tape drive.
Parallel SCSI HP Smart Array controllers, RAID controllers, and most on-board HBAs do not support
multiple LUNs. For current HBA compatibility information, see the EBS matrix at http://www.hp.com/
go/ebs.
IMPORTANT: The library requires an HBA that supports multiple LUNs, which is also called “LUN
scanning.”
Default SCSI IDs
The default SCSI ID for parallel SCSI tape drives is managed by the library. The default SCSI ID
for all full-height tape drives is 4.
The default SCSI ID for half-height tape drives depends on the model.
• MSL2024: The default SCSI ID of the bottom drive bay is 4 and the default SCSI ID of the top
drive bay is 5 as shown in Figure 3 (page 15).
14 Features and overview