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Changer Devices

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This section lists the tape library's changer devices, for example, the tape drive robotics.

Name

The name of the changer device.

Status

The changer device's WBEM operational status. See

“WBEM operational status types”

for

additional information about WBEM status.

Firmware Version

The installed firmware version.

Related topics

System Page

System tab

WBEM operational status types

Port types

Data collection

Port types

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) displays port types for storage systems. If the values are supplied by
a storage system's

SMI-S provider

, the port link technology and port type are displayed.

The possible port link technologies are Unknown, Other, Ethernet, IB, FC, FDDI, ATM, Token Ring, Frame
Relay, Infrared, BlueTooth, and Wireless LAN.

The port type is displayed if it is one of the following:

N-Port. A node port

NL-Port. A node port that supports Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL)

E-Port An expansion port that connects fabric elements (for example, FC switches)

F-Port. A fabric (element) port

FL-Port. A fabric (element) port that supports FC-AL.

B-Port. A bridge

G-Port. A generic port

Other. Any port type that does not fit the previously described categories

Related topics

System tab for a tape library

System tab for a storage switch

System tab for a storage host

System tab for a storage array

Tools & Links tab

The system links that you can view depend on the

Discovery

configuration, the correct installation of agents

and protocols, and the polling tasks that interrogate the

system

. The Tools & Links tab includes:

System Management Pages

System Web Application Pages

HP Systems Insight Manager Pages

Storage Essentials Pages

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