HP StoreEver ESL G3 Tape Libraries User Manual
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11.
To assign a drive to the partition, select the appropriate check box. You can identify a drive
by its serial number and location coordinates. For more information, see
location coordinates” (page 88)
12.
To continue, click Next.
The Partitions: Select Storage Slots dialog box appears.
When you are selecting storage slots to be part of the partition, if you have the AMP license
installed you can also add magazine extensions to the partition that can be used to extend
the partition for future growth via the AMP partition slots. For each extension you add, the
library will report those extensions as inaccessible slots until you assign magazines from the
AMP partitions to this partition.
13.
In the left column, select the location of one or more I/E station magazines.
14.
To assign a storage slot, select the appropriate check box. You can identify a storage slot by
its location coordinates. The number of slots available is determined by the drive media type.
15.
To continue, click Next.
The Partitions: Select I/E Slots dialog box appears.
16.
Select the location of one or more I/E station magazine.
a.
Make sure that you select the appropriate module because the library can have I/E
stations in the control module and any attached standard or high density expansion
modules.
b.
To assign an I/E station magazine, select the appropriate check box. You can identify
an I/E station magazine by its location coordinates.
17.
If Control Path Failover (CPF) license is installed, you are able to select which drive will be
the failover drive. Select the appropriate drive, and then select whether you want to enable
Basic or Advanced Control Path Failover.
18.
If Data Path Failover (DPF) license is installed, you are able to select which drive will use DPF.
For each drive within the partition, select whether you would like to enable Basic or Advanced
Data Path Failover.
NOTE:
Basic Failover is supported on both LTO-5 and LTO-6 drives, but Advanced Failover
is only supported on LTO-6 drives and requires specific host drivers be installed.
19.
To continue, click Next.
NOTE:
Depending on whether Extended I/E is enabled, Select Extended I/E Slots may
appear. See the next step. If Extended I/E is not enabled, go to
To enable Extended I/E, go to Setup
→Physical Library, and select the feature. For more
information about Extended I/E, see
“Extended I/E option” (page 19)
.
20.
In the Partitions: Select Extended I/E Slots dialog box, do the following:
a.
In the left column, select the location of one or more Extended I/E station magazines.
b.
To assign an Extended I/E station magazine, select the appropriate check box. You can
identify an I/E station magazine by its location coordinates.
The Partitions - Summary Information dialog box appears.
21.
In the Partitions - Summary Information dialog box, verify that the parameters you set are
correct.
22.
To create the partition, click Create.
NOTE:
After you click Create, the Cancel button becomes unavailable.
23.
Review the information to make sure it is correct.
24.
If you want to view the drive information after creating the partition, click Next.
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Modifying the library configuration