Choosing general library settings, Choosing, General – Dell TL2000 User Manual
Page 68: Library, Settings

a.
Enter
in
your
internet
browser
address
field
and
press
Enter
on
your
keyboard.
b.
Compare
the
firmware
level
available
on
the
web
to
those
that
you
made
note
of
in
step
1.
If
you
are
running
the
latest
levels
of
library
and
drive
firmware,
proceed
to
the
next
step.
If
you
are
not
running
the
latest
levels
of
library
and
drive
firmware,
download
the
firmware
that
needs
to
be
updated
to
your
library
host.
3.
Update
library
and
drive
firmware
on
your
library,
if
necessary.
a.
Enter
the
IP
Address
of
your
library
in
your
internet
browser
address
field
and
press
Enter
on
your
keyboard.
b.
Log
in
to
your
library’s
Web
User
Interface.
c.
Expand
Service
Library
in
the
left
navigation
pane
of
the
Web
User
Interface.
d.
Click
Upgrade
Firmware
.
e.
Browse
to
the
new
firmware
level
on
your
host,
then
click
Update
.
Do
this
for
both
library
and
drive
firmware,
if
necessary.
Choosing
General
Library
Settings
If
your
library
contains
only
one
drive
or
logical
library,
both
general
and
specific
settings
will
be
combined
into
one
table
(see
1.
Expand
Configure
Library
in
the
left
navigation
pane
of
the
Web
User
Interface.
2.
Click
General
and
enter
the
following:
v
Library
Name
-
Enter
a
name
for
your
library.
v
Library
Mode
(select
one
of
the
following
per
logical
library):
–
Random
:
In
random
mode,
the
library
allows
the
server’s
(host’s)
application
software
to
select
any
data
cartridge
in
any
order.
–
Sequential
:
In
sequential
mode,
the
library’s
firmware
predefines
the
selection
of
the
cartridges.
After
initialization,
the
firmware
causes
the
library
to
select
the
first
available
cartridge
found
(counting
from
the
I/O
Station
through
the
last
slot
in
your
library)
for
loading
into
the
drive.
-
Autoload
:
Sequential
mode
with
autoload
mode
ON
loads
the
first
available
cartridge
(slot
with
the
lowest
numerical
value
that
contains
a
cartridge)
automatically
if
the
library
powers
ON
with
an
empty
drive.
-
Loop
:
Sequential
mode
with
loop
mode
ON
loads
the
cartridge
in
the
lowest
numerical
slot
after
the
cartridge
in
the
highest
numerical
slot
has
been
filled
and
sent
back
to
its
home
slot.
This
allows
endless
backup
operations
without
user
interaction.
v
Active
Slots
-
Select
the
number
of
active
slots
you
would
like
to
assign
in
your
library.
This
item
will
affect
the
number
of
Res.
(Reserved)
Slots
in
your
library.
For
more
information
refer
to
Note:
Slots
can
be
reserved
so
that
they
are
invisible
to
the
host.
It
may
be
necessary
to
reserve
slots
in
order
to
match
the
number
of
available
slots
to
the
ISV
software
licensing.
Slots
will
be
reserved
starting
with
the
highest
element
address.
If
your
library
does
not
have
a
dedicated
cleaning
cartridge
slot,
and
you
desire
to
enable
Auto
Clean,
you
must
designate
a
reserved
slot
which
can
be
used
to
hold
the
cleaning
cartridge.
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