Choosing general library settings, Choosing, General – Dell TL2000 User Manual

Page 68: Library, Settings

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a.

Enter

in

your

internet

browser

address

field

and

press

Enter

on

your

keyboard.

b.

Compare

the

firmware

level

available

on

the

web

to

those

that

you

made

note

of

in

step

1.

If

you

are

running

the

latest

levels

of

library

and

drive

firmware,

proceed

to

the

next

step.

If

you

are

not

running

the

latest

levels

of

library

and

drive

firmware,

download

the

firmware

that

needs

to

be

updated

to

your

library

host.

3.

Update

library

and

drive

firmware

on

your

library,

if

necessary.

a.

Enter

the

IP

Address

of

your

library

in

your

internet

browser

address

field

and

press

Enter

on

your

keyboard.

b.

Log

in

to

your

library’s

Web

User

Interface.

c.

Expand

Service

Library

in

the

left

navigation

pane

of

the

Web

User

Interface.

d.

Click

Upgrade

Firmware

.

e.

Browse

to

the

new

firmware

level

on

your

host,

then

click

Update

.

Do

this

for

both

library

and

drive

firmware,

if

necessary.

Choosing

General

Library

Settings

If

your

library

contains

only

one

drive

or

logical

library,

both

general

and

specific

settings

will

be

combined

into

one

table

(see

Figure

4-19

on

page

4-19).

1.

Expand

Configure

Library

in

the

left

navigation

pane

of

the

Web

User

Interface.

2.

Click

General

and

enter

the

following:

v

Library

Name

-

Enter

a

name

for

your

library.

v

Library

Mode

(select

one

of

the

following

per

logical

library):

Random

:

In

random

mode,

the

library

allows

the

server’s

(host’s)

application

software

to

select

any

data

cartridge

in

any

order.

Sequential

:

In

sequential

mode,

the

library’s

firmware

predefines

the

selection

of

the

cartridges.

After

initialization,

the

firmware

causes

the

library

to

select

the

first

available

cartridge

found

(counting

from

the

I/O

Station

through

the

last

slot

in

your

library)

for

loading

into

the

drive.

-

Autoload

:

Sequential

mode

with

autoload

mode

ON

loads

the

first

available

cartridge

(slot

with

the

lowest

numerical

value

that

contains

a

cartridge)

automatically

if

the

library

powers

ON

with

an

empty

drive.

-

Loop

:

Sequential

mode

with

loop

mode

ON

loads

the

cartridge

in

the

lowest

numerical

slot

after

the

cartridge

in

the

highest

numerical

slot

has

been

filled

and

sent

back

to

its

home

slot.

This

allows

endless

backup

operations

without

user

interaction.

v

Active

Slots

-

Select

the

number

of

active

slots

you

would

like

to

assign

in

your

library.

This

item

will

affect

the

number

of

Res.

(Reserved)

Slots

in

your

library.

For

more

information

refer

to

“Configuring

I/O

Stations

and

Reserving

Slots”

on

page

5-57.

Note:

Slots

can

be

reserved

so

that

they

are

invisible

to

the

host.

It

may

be

necessary

to

reserve

slots

in

order

to

match

the

number

of

available

slots

to

the

ISV

software

licensing.

Slots

will

be

reserved

starting

with

the

highest

element

address.

If

your

library

does

not

have

a

dedicated

cleaning

cartridge

slot,

and

you

desire

to

enable

Auto

Clean,

you

must

designate

a

reserved

slot

which

can

be

used

to

hold

the

cleaning

cartridge.

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