MSL5000 and 6000 Series Tape Libraries User Guide

Library Configuration

58 HP StorageWorks MSL5000 and MSL6000 Series Tape Libraries User Guide

Setting Up a Reserved Slot

Use this option to designate one or more tape cartridge data storage slots as a

cleaning slot, or to reduce the number of storage elements visible to the

application software (for licensing reasons).

Note: Reserved slots may be incompatible with some application software.

Reserved Slot Numbering

Standard tape cartridge slots are numbered from the front of the magazine to the

rear (see Figure 23 through Figure 26). If you reserve one slot, it becomes

Cleaning Slot #0 in the last slot of the last magazine. Additional reserved slots

continue in this front-to-rear pattern.

Figure 23: Reserved slot locations, SDLT/DLT (MSL5026)

1 Cleaning Slot #2

2 Cleaning Slot #1

3 Cleaning Slot #0

4 Mail Slot (Left Magazine Only, If Configured)

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