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Figure 1-2. Front panel of a 4U library

Table 1-1below contains front panel descriptions for both the 2U library in

Figure 1-1 on page 1-1and the 4U library in Figure 1-2.

Table 1-1. 2U library and 4U library front panel descriptions

Number

Item

Description

 

 

 

 

Power button

Pressing this button will power ON the library. Pressing and holding this button for 4

 

 

seconds will power OFF the unit (soft power down). No power switch or button can

 

 

be found on the back panel of the library.

 

 

 

 

Front panel

v Ready/Activity (Green LED) - It is lit any time the unit is powered ON and able to

 

LEDs (left to

function. It should blink whenever there is library or drive activity, or when the

 

right)

 

library is in the process of powering up.

 

 

 

 

v Clean Drive (Amber LED) - It will be lit when the drive needs to be cleaned. The

 

 

LED will be turned OFF after the drive is cleaned successfully.

 

 

v Attention (Amber LED) - It will be lit when there has been a failure that indicates a

 

 

piece of media is bad, marginal, or invalid. It will be cleared when all invalid

 

 

cartridges have been exported from the library. The amber LED may also be lit

 

 

because a power supply or a power supply fan is failing, or a drive sled is defective,

 

 

missing, or has been replaced by a different drive type.

 

 

v Error (Amber LED) - It will be lit when there is an unrecoverable library or drive

 

 

failure. A message is displayed at the same time on the Operator Control Panel

 

 

display.

 

 

 

 

Cartridge

v The 2U library contains two cartridge magazines.

 

magazines

– The left magazine can hold up to 12 cartridges (or 11 data cartridges and the

 

 

 

 

elective 1-slot I/O Station.)

 

 

– The right magazine can hold up to 12 cartridges.

 

 

v The 4U library contains four cartridge magazines.

 

 

– The upper left magazine can hold up to 12 cartridges.

 

 

– The lower left magazine can hold up to 12 cartridges (or 9 data cartridges and the

 

 

elective 3-slot I/O Station.)

 

 

– The upper right magazine can hold up to 12 cartridges.

 

 

– The lower right magazine can hold up to 12 cartridges.

 

 

 

 

Air vents

These vents draw cooler air into the library enclosure and allow warm air to escape

 

 

which helps keep the library at a normal operating temperature.

 

 

 

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