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Other trademarks may be mentioned herein which belong to other companies. 6207947-00cN 95 Contents Preface xiii Chapter 1 Overview 1 Library Capacity................................................................................................. 1 M1500 Library ............................................................................................. 1 M2500 Library ............................................................................................. 1 Tape Drives ......................................................................................................... 2 Library Scalability .............................................................................................. 2 Library Features ................................................................................................. 5 Front Panel................................................................................................... 5 Internal Layout............................................................................................ 8 Back Panel .................................................................................................. 10 Chapter 2 Basic Operations 13 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 14 Main Screen ............................................................................................... 14 GUI Buttons ............................................................................................... 17 GUI Icons ................................................................................................... 17 Tandberg Data M-Series User's Guide iii Contents Using the Quick View Menu Screen..............................................................19 Accessing the Quick View Menu Screen ...............................................19 Viewing Library Information ..................................................................20 Viewing Tape Drive Information............................................................21 Viewing Inventory Information..............................................................22 Turning Drive Power On or Off (Quick View Menu Screen) .............23 Moving Tape Cartridges .................................................................................25 Using the Mailbox ............................................................................................28 Viewing Mailbox Status ...........................................................................29 Importing and Exporting Cartridges .....................................................30 Configuring the Mailbox..........................................................................35 Removing the Magazines ................................................................................35 Removing a Magazine from an M1500 ..................................................36 Removing a Magazine from an M2500 ..................................................38 Viewing Statistics .............................................................................................43 Accessing the Statistics Menu Screen.....................................................43 Viewing Library Statistics ........................................................................44 Viewing Drive Statistics ...........................................................................45 Viewing the SCSI History ........................................................................46 Viewing the Stack Configuration...................................................................47 Chapter 3 Changing the Library Configuration 49 Accessing the Configuration Screen ..............................................................49 Setting the Library ID ......................................................................................51 Changing a Tape Drive ID ..............................................................................51 Changing the Terminator Power Setting ......................................................53 Changing the Emulation Setting ....................................................................54 Changing the Storage Slot Count Setting .....................................................54 Changing the Sync Negotiation Setting ........................................................55 Changing the Wide Negotiation Setting .......................................................56 Changing the Serialization Setting ................................................................57 Changing the Short Labels Setting.................................................................58 Changing the Illumination Setting ................................................................58 Changing the Off-Line Time Setting .............................................................59 Changing the Barcode Scanner Setting .........................................................60 Changing the Baud Rate Setting ....................................................................60 Setting the Time ................................................................................................61 Setting the Date.................................................................................................62 iv Tandberg Data M-Series User's Guide Contents Changing the Import/Export Setting ........................................................... 62 Changing the Auto-Clean Setting.................................................................. 64 Changing the Ignore Host Lock Setting ....................................................... 65 Changing the Auto-Import Option ............................................................... 66 Chapter 4 Performing Maintenance Operations 67 Accessing the Maintenance Screen................................................................ 67 Cleaning a Tape Drive..................................................................................... 69 Turning Drive Power On or Off (Maintenance Screen) ............................. 71 Adjusting the Contrast .................................................................................... 73 Chapter 5 Running Diagnostic Programs 75 Accessing the Diagnostics Menu Screen....................................................... 75 Running the Barcode Scanner Test................................................................ 77 Running the Move Medium Test................................................................... 79 Running the Move Location Test................................................................... 82 Running the Display Test ............................................................................... 85 Chapter 6 Updating Drive Firmware 87 Accessing the Service Drive Screen............................................................... 87 Updating the Drive Firmware from Tape .................................................... 89 Chapter 7 Running the Demonstration Programs 91 Accessing the Demo Programs Screen.......................................................... 91 Running the Confidence Test Program ........................................................ 92 Running the Demo 1 Program ....................................................................... 93 Running the Demo 2 Program ....................................................................... 94 Running the Demo 3 Program ....................................................................... 95 Running the Demo 4 Program ....................................................................... 96 Running the Demo 5 Program ....................................................................... 97 Running the Demo 6 Program ....................................................................... 98 Tandberg Data M-Series User's Guide v Contents Appendix A Specifications 99 Physical Specifications...................................................................................100 Performance Specifications ...........................................................................102 Reliability Specifications ...............................................................................103 Tape Drive Specifications..............................................................................104 Environmental Specifications .......................................................................104 SCSI Specifications .........................................................................................105 Appendix B Fault Symptom Code (FSC) Dictionary 107 Appendix C DLTtape Cartridge Maintenance 159 Handling DLTtape Cartridges......................................................................159 Visual Inspection of DLTtape Cartridges ...................................................160 When To Visually Inspect a DLTtape Cartridge ................................160 Visual Inspection Procedure..................................................................161 Appendix D Regulatory Statements 165 Glossary 169 Index 171 vi Tandberg Data M-Series User's Guide Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 M1500 Front Panel........................................................................ 5 M2500 Front Panel........................................................................ 6 M1500 Internal Layout................................................................. 8 M2500 Internal Layout................................................................. 9 M1500 Back Panel....................................................................... 10 M2500 Back Panel....................................................................... 11 Sample Main Screen, Stand-alone M1500 ............................... 15 Sample Main Screen, M1500 in a Multiple Library Stack..... 15 M2500 Library Levels ................................................................ 16 Sample Main Screen, M2500 ..................................................... 16 Using the GUI Buttons............................................................... 17 Quick View Menu Screen.......................................................... 19 Sample Library Information Screen......................................... 20 Sample Drive Information Screen............................................ 21 Sample Inventory Screen........................................................... 22 Sample Tape Drive Power Screen ............................................ 23 Sample Drive Power Screen...................................................... 24 Tandberg Data M-Series User's Guide vii Figures Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 24 Figure 25 Figure 26 Figure 27 Figure 28 Figure 29 Figure 30 Figure 31 Figure 32 Figure 33 Figure 34 Figure 35 Figure 36 Figure 37 Figure 38 Figure 39 Figure 40 Figure 41 Figure 42 Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Figure 46 Figure 47 viii Menu Screen ................................................................................25 Sample Move Cartridge FROM Screen....................................26 Sample Move Cartridge TO Screen..........................................27 Sample Confirm Move Cartridge Screen ................................28 Sample Mailbox Screen ..............................................................29 Mailbox - OPEN Screen .............................................................30 Sample Release Magazines Screen ...........................................36 Magazine Release Button...........................................................38 Release Magazines Screen .........................................................39 Removing the Level 2 Left Magazine ......................................41 Release Latch ...............................................................................41 Removing the Level 1 Left Magazine ......................................42 Service Menu Screen ................................... ...