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Dell PowerVault TL4000 User Manual

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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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