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Monitoring drive status, Drive status dialog box – HP StoreEver ESL G3 Tape Libraries User Manual

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Version

Status Description

Serial Number

Item

N/A

The number of meters horizont-
ally traveled during the library
history.

The RCU serial num-
ber

Horizontal
Motion

2.

To mail, save, or print status information, use the Send button (see

Emailing, Saving, and Printing

Status Information

).

3.

Click Close to close the dialog box.

Monitoring Drive Status

The Drive Status dialog box displays status information for tape drives in the currently-selected partition.
If you are working in the physical library, status information for all drives appears. You can perform
this procedure while viewing either the physical library or a partition.

To monitor drive status:

1.

Make sure that you are viewing the physical library or the appropriate partition. From the View
menu or in the Managed Views region of the LMC, click the name of the physical library or
partition.

2.

Click Monitor > Drives.
The Drive Status dialog box appears.

Table 19

describes the elements on the Drive Status dialog box.

Table 19 Drive Status Dialog Box

Description

Element

The type of drive (for example, LTO--5 – FC).

Type

For a Fibre drive only, the World Wide Name of the drive.

WWN

For a Fibre drive only, the World Wide Name of drive port 1.

WWN Port 1

For a Fibre drive only, the World Wide Name of drive port 2.

WWN Port 2

The status of port 1 on the drive as reported by the RAS system (for example,
Good or Failed).

Link Status P1

The status of port 2 on the drive as reported by the RAS system (for example,
Good or Failed).

Link Status P2

Drive health as reported by the RAS system (for example, Good or Failed).

Health

The firmware level of the drive.

Firmware level

The barcode of the cartridge in the drive.

Barcode

The location of the drive by means of a coordinate system. For information
about location coordinates, see

Understanding Location Coordinates

.

Location

The serial number of the particular drive.

Physical SN

The name of the drive vendor.

Vendor

Monitoring the library

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