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StorageLibrary T40+ Series Installation and User Guide 53
I/E slots are shared by all partitions within a library.
Before you change the number of I/E slots, it is recommended that you remove any cartridges from
the slots that will become the new I/E slots. If the new I/E setting specifies 3 I/E slots, the number of
slots in the partition owning the lower left magazine will be decreased by 3. If the new I/E setting
specifies 8 I/E slots, the partition owning the upper left magazine will lose all 8 slots in this magazine.
Any cartridges left in the new I/E slots will become unassigned.
When changing the number of I/E slots from 3 to 0 or 8, the 3 front slots in the lower left magazine will
automatically be assigned to the same partition as the rest of the slots in this magazine.
When changing the number of I/E slots from 8 to 0 or 3, the entire upper left magazine will
automatically be assigned to one of the existing partitions, as determined by the original partition
configuration.
When the I/E setup is changed, it is highly recommended that the partition setup also be changed
accordingly.
To identify how the I/E magazine is configured, view the Partitions report available from the Reports
menu.
The I/E slots are configured while running the Setup Wizard. After the initial setup of your library, you
can later access the I/E Station configuration screens directly:
• From the RMI, select Setup > Slots
• From the FPI, select Menu > Setup > Slots
Configuring Cleaning Slots
The Cleaning Slot configuration screen provides information on configuring dedicated cleaning slots,
which are used to store cleaning cartridges that the library uses to clean tape drives. These dedicated
cleaning slots are not visible to the host application.
The Setup Wizard Cleaning Slot Configuration screen prompts you to enter the number of cleaning
slots you want to designate for your library. You can also access the Cleaning Slot Configuration
screens directly from either the front panel or the remote management interface.
Configuring one or more dedicated cleaning slots is required to enable the library's cleaning feature.
The library supports 0-3 cleaning slots. These are located as the three innermost slots (innermost
column) of the lower right magazine. If the unit has a Pass-Thru magazine, the cleaning slots are
located at the innermost slots next to the Pass-Thru box slot (see Figure 18).
If the library has been previously configured, the number of cleaning slots that are currently
configured appears on the screen. The cleaning slots are shared by all partitions within a library. Each
partition can use a cleaning slot to manually clean its tape drive(s).
Caution
Make sure the library has empty slots available in the cleaning slot magazine
before you add more cleaning slots. These are located as the three innermost
slots (innermost column) of the lower right magazine. If the unit has a Pass-Thru
magazine, the cleaning slots are located at the innermost slots next to the Pass-
Thru box slot (see Figure 18).
When the number of cleaning slots is increased, the added slots are taken from the partition owning
the lower right magazine. The number of available slots in the affected partition is decreased by the
same number.
Caution
Configuring I/E slots with cartridges already loaded compromises data security.
First remove cartridges from the I/E slots, and then configure the I/E slots.
Note
If cleaning is managed by the host application, you should set the number of
cleaning slots to zero.