Dell TL2000 manual Control Menu, Control Open I/O Station

Under Magazine choose one of the following to see a graphical representation of the cartridge magazine(s). Slots containing cartridges will be highlighted.

vUpper Left - choose this option to see the upper left magazine

vUpper Right - choose this option to see the upper right magazine

vLower Left - choose this option to see the lower left magazine

vLower Right - choose this option to see the lower right magazine

Press SELECT to display all empty slots and cartridge serial numbers in the associated magazine.

Under Drive (n) will be displayed the serial number of the cartridge currently in the drive or ″Empty″.

Magazines > Lower Left

I/O 3	7	8	9
I/O 2	4	5	6
I/O 1	1	2	3

Idle Rand

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Figure 5-7. Overview of inventoried cartridges: Lower Left Magazine of a 4U Library

The black boxes are inventoried cartridges. Press the up and down keys to scroll. Note that this magazine has a 3-slot I/O Station. These slots can be changed to storage slots if needed. See “Configuring I/O Stations and Reserving Slots” on page 5-57.

Control Menu

The Control Menu contains the following items:

vOpen I/O Station

vMove Cartridges

vMagazine

vRe-Inventory

Control: Open I/O Station

Use this menu item to open the I/O Station.

Control

Open I/O Station

Figure 5-8. Control: I/O Station menu

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Attention: After closing the I/O Station, you must wait for the library to complete its inventory before proceeding with normal library operations.

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