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Table 5-12. Drive Identity page elements
Menu Item
Description
2U Library
4U Library
SCSI
Fibre
SAS
SCSI
Fibre
SAS
SCSI ID
For each SCSI drive, click on the drop down list
and select the number of the slot in which the
drive is located.
X
X
Power On
For each drive, click in the box to power ON the
selected drive.
X
X
X
X
X
X
Control Path
The control path drive communicates messages
from the host to the library. Select this option for
each drive that you want to be a control path
drive. At least one drive in each logical library
must be designated as a control path drive.
X
X
X
X
X
X
Port A Configuration:
Speed
This is the current speed setting of the drive. For
each Fibre Channel drive, click on the drop down
list and select Automatic, 1Gb/s, 2Gb/s, 4 Gb/s,
or 8 Gb/s. For each SAS drive, select Automatic,
3 Gb/s, or 6 Gb/s. Selecting Automatic will
allow library speed to automatically negotiate to
the current server speed.
X
X
Topology
For each Fibre Channel drive, click LN-Port,
L-Port, or N-Port.
X
X
FC-AL Loop
ID
This is the loop position number. The options are:
"Manual" or "Automatic".
X
X
Port B Configuration:
Port B is supported for SAS full height drives
only.
Note:
Port B is only supported for failover.
X
X
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Figure 5-41. The Configure Library: Drives page for a 2U library
Chapter 5. Operations
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