Dell PowerVault 160T LTO2 (Tape Library) - Manual (Page 4)

Introduction: Dell PowerVault 160T Tape Library User's Guide
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Centralized Management
The Library Management Console gives you a single point from which to view all library components: robotics, drives, and
network connectivity. This graphical user interface can be run both locally and remotely. It uses a simple, intuitive graphical
style that is both secure and powerful. It provides library managers with native partitioning ability and a rich SNMP-based
policy engine.
Proactive Availability
The library can alert you of problems before they occur. The complete data path is checked at user-defined intervals in order
to ensure that it is functioning before backup begins. The six major subsystems-drives, power, robotics, cooling, connectivity,
and control-are all monitored by the system. Notifications of problems can be configured to be sent to the Library
Management Console client, to an e-mail account, or directly to Dell support personnel. For more information on the
monitoring and reporting capabilities of the library, refer to Maintaining Your Library .
Reliability
The library has industry leading reliability features. The drives, power supplies, and fans are all hot swappable. Redundant
power supplies are standard.
Your backup system and path sit idle most of the time. When backup begins, the system is used intensively at maximum
bandwidth. Since you have the benefit of the proactive alerts that the library issues, you know that any problems have been
identified and solved before backup begins. For more information about reliability features of the library, refer to
Troubleshooting .
SAN Backup
Storage networking support is built into the library. Fibre Channel throughput results in huge amounts of data being quickly
and safely stored.
Control Module
The control module is a required library component. It contains the following components (see Figure 2 ):
Library management module
Cartridge accessor
Import/Export station
Tape magazines
Tape cartridge slots
Tape drives
Operator panel
Power
Figure 2. Control Module (Internal View)