Control path modification, Support for worm, Licensable features – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Chapter 3 Description

Licensable Features

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Control Path Modification

3

The control path tape drive is used to connect a partition to a host

application. Only one tape drive can be selected as the control path at one

time. For more information, see

Working With Control Paths

on page 86.

Support for WORM

3

PowerVault ML6000 tape libraries support WORM (write once, read

many) technology in LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5 and LTO-6 tape drives.

WORM allows non-rewriteable and non-erasable data to be written and

provides extra data security by prohibiting accidental data erasure. The

WORM feature is supported whenever you use WORM cartridges.

Licensable Features

In addition to the standard features, the following additional, licensable

features are available for the PowerVault ML6000:

Advanced Reporting, described in

Chapter 6, Advanced Reporting

Capacity on Demand, described in

Chapter 7, Capacity on Demand

• Library Managed Encryption, described in

Chapter 8, Library

Managed Encryption

If you purchase these features with your library, the license will be

installed when you receive the library. If you upgrade or add new

features after the initial purchase, you will need to obtain and install a

license key. For information on how to obtain and install a license key, see

Obtaining and Installing a License Key

on page 88.

Understanding the Location Coordinates

This section describes the numbering system the library uses to identify

components of the library. The library location coordinates contain the

following digits: [Module],[Column],[Slot].

Figure 11

shows how a

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