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. Verify the connection between the library and the host:
• Install the HP Library & Tape Tools Diagnostic/Installation Check Utility onto the host
computer. This utility verifies that the unit is connected and communicating with the host
server. It also verifies that the device is functioning and provides diagnostic information.
Run the HP Library & Tape Tools Installation Check from the programs menu to verify your
connections. L&TT is available without cost at www.hp.com/support/TapeTools.
NOTE: L&TT 4.x versions may also be run from a CD, Compact Flash drive, or remote
directory after installation on another computer. See the HP Library and Tape Tool User
Guide for instructions for installing L&TT on a computer other than the server.
• Confirm that the host server's operating system recognized the device in Microsoft®
Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003 or in Windows 2000® by going to: Settings
> Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Tape Drive and/or Media
Changer.
For more information on verifying the connection of parallel SCSI devices, consult the operating
system documentation.
Labeling and loading the tape cartridges
Before using your new library you must load tape cartridges into the magazines.
To prepare your tape cartridges and load them into the library:
1. Obtain tape cartridges compatible with your library. (See “Tape cartridges” (page 57).)
2. Label any unlabeled tape cartridges to improve inventory time. (See “Labeling tape
cartridges” (page 58).)
3. Remove one of the magazines from the library with the RMI or OCP:
• RMI: see “Releasing and replacing the magazines” (page 95).
• MSL2024 OCP: see “Unlocking, removing, and replacing magazines (Operations >
Unlock Left or Right Magazine)” (page 115).
• MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 OCP: see “Unlocking, removing, and replacing
magazines (Operations > Unlock Left or Right Magazine)” (page 115).
The library will not perform any other action while a magazine is out of the device.
4. Insert the tape cartridges into the magazine. (See “Magazines” (page 61).)
5. Slide the magazine into the library.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each of the other magazines.
Verifying the installation
Verify that the device has the current firmware revision.
To see the firmware revision on the MSL2024 front panel:
1. From the Home screen, press Next until the display shows Status/Information. Press Enter.
2. Press Next until the display shows Library Information. Press Enter.
3. Press Next until the display shows the Firmware Rev.
To see the firmware revision on the MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 front panel:
1. Use the control keys to navigate to Info > Identity > Library.
2. The Library Controller FW Revision field shows the library firmware revision.
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