Sun Microsystems StreamLine SL8500 - Manual (Page 150)

Reserved Slots
110 StreamLine™ SL8500 Modular Library System User's Guide • March 2007 Revision K • 96154
Reserved Slots
There are a total of 230 slots within the library that are reserved (that is, not to be used for
data cartridge storage); these are listed in
TABLE A-1 .
Cartridge Address
You have to understand two types of addressing scheme to manually locate a cartridge:
■
Internal firmware address
■
HLI-PRC (Host LMU Interface - Panel, Row, Column) address
Internal Address
The internal library firmware designates cartridge locations with a five-digit number as
viewed from the front of the library, Library, Rail, Column, Side, and Row represented as
L,R,C,S,W.
Library number: The number within a library or library complex
Rail number: Rails are numbered 1 through 4; Rail 1 is the top rail
Column number: Columns are “signed” numbers referenced from the customer interface
module, where +1 is right of the center of the drive bays and -1 is to the left of the drive bays
Side number: Outer walls = 1, inner walls = 2
Row number: Numbered consecutively, from the top (1) down
See “Locating a Cartridge and Drive” on page 62 to locate a cartridge using the Library
Console.
TABLE A-1 Reserved Slots
Number of Slots Use for Location
198 Diagnostic or Cleaning Cartridges Front section of Customer Interface Module
(separated from data cartridge cells by the Service
Safety Door area)
24 3-cell arrays:
endstop label (top)
proximity sensing (middle)
drop-off slot for single HandBot
(bottom) Front section of Customer Interface Module
8 Drop-off slot for second HandBot Top cell under the PTP area
Total = 230