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Configure Cleaning Slots
This option allows you to designate specific rear slots to be used as cleaning slots. If you wish to enable AutoClean, you must configure at least one cleaning
slot.
Configure Modes
This option allows you to set up your library to run in Random, Sequential, or LUN mode.
Selection
Description/Result
Step 1 From the Setup menu, highlight
and press
.
Step 2 Press
and
to select Clean.
Configures cleaning slots.
Step 3 Press
to move to the next field.
Step 4 Press
and
to select the
number of slots you would like to allocate as
cleaning slots.
You can allocate up to four slots to be used
for cleaning.
Slots 20 - 23 can be used as cleaning slots
for LTO or slots 17 - 20 for SDLT. When a slot
is configured for cleaning, a C appears in that
slot.
NOTES:
If partitioning is configured,
the number of cleaning slots may be
limited to allow at least one slot in
Partition 2.
Be sure to remove storage media from
a slot before designating it as a
cleaning slot.
Step 5 Press
to highlight Run (
) and
then press
.
The cleaning slots are now configured.
Step 6 A confirmation screen displays. Press
to dismiss.
For more information on AutoClean, see
Random
Allows your backup software to access any tape cartridge randomly. This permits you to logically divide cartridge usage to satisfy particular
storage needs. This is the default setting if your library has SCSI drives.
Sequential
Requires the backup software to write the data to each of the tape cartridges sequentially, starting with the first one. When all tape cartridges
have been filled with data, the backup process will stop. This mode is used if your host software only recognizes tape drives and not libraries.
Libraries set to Sequential mode always automatically load an empty drive. When the host gives the drive a command to unload, the library
unloads the tape and automatically puts another one into the drive. If a library that is configured for Sequential mode is booted without a tape in
a drive, a tape loads to the drive automatically.
If you set your mode to Sequential, you will need to configure the sequential options. For more information on configuring sequential options, see
LUN
LUN mode is used with host software applications that recognize the Medium Changer Logical Unit presented by a tape drive with LUN-1
capability. It is the capability of a tape drive to present both a SCSI Streaming device on Logical Unit Number 0 (LUN-0) as well as a SCSI Medium
Changer device on LUN-1, that allows an application to communicate with and control both devices via a single path to the drive. This capability is
independent of the physical transport layer, and allows more than 1 control path to library. This is the default mode if your library contains Fibre
Channel drives.