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4U Library I/O Slots, Storage Slots, and Drive Slots Element Addresses and Physical Locations

For an overview of library partitioning and element addressing, see “Library

Partitioning and Element Addressing.”

The following table contains the physical location (Slot x) and SCSI element address in decimal (4xxx) and in hexadecimal (0x10xx) of the I/O slots, storage slots, and drive slots in the 4U library containing only two drive sleds.

In older 4U libraries where the Dedicated Cleaning Slot (DCS) is in a fixed location (slot 9) and elected by the user to be retained as a DCS (option to delete DCS is available in library firmware greater than 1.95), the above slot numbering and element address changes starting with slot 10. In 4U libraries with a DCS, the information shown in slot 9 below moves to slot 10 and so forth through the remaining magazine slots. The final slot is slot 44 instead of slot 45 for libraries without a DCS. See “Configuring I/O Stations and Reserving Slots” on page 5-57for information on how to delete the dedicated cleaning slot. Once the DCS is deleted, you cannot get it back. You will have to create a reserved slot if you want to clean the drive(s).

Table A-4. 4U library SCSI element addresses for storage slots and drive slot

Upper Left Magazine				Library			Upper Right Magazine
⇐Front of 4U library				Rear Panel			Front of 4U library⇒
Slot 18	Slot 19	Slot 20	Slot 21		Slot 45	Slot 44	Slot 43	Slot 42
4113	4114	4115	4116		4140	4139	4138	4137
(0x1011)	(0x1012)	(0x1013)	(0x1014)		(0x102C)	(0x102B)	(0x102A)	(0x1029)
Slot 14	Slot 15	Slot 16	Slot 17	Drive 2	Slot 41	Slot 40	Slot 39	Slot 38
4109	4110	4111	4112	257	4136	4135	4134	4133
(0x100D)	(0x100E)	(0x100F)	(0x1010)	(0x101)	(0x1028)	(0x1027)	(0x1026)	(0x1025)
Slot 10	Slot 11	Slot 12	Slot 13		Slot 37	Slot 36	Slot 35	Slot 34
4105	4106	4107	4108		4132	4131	4130	4129
(0x1009)	(0x100A)	(0x100B)	(0x100C)		(0x1024)	(0x1023)	(0x1022)	(0x1021)
Lower Left Magazine							Lower Right Magazine
I/O Slot 3	Slot 7	Slot 8	Slot 9		Slot 33	Slot 32	Slot 31	Slot 30
18	4102	4103	4104		4128	4127	4126	4125
(0x12)	(0x1006)	(0x1007)	(0x1008)	Drive 1	(0x1020)	(0x101F)	(0x101E)	(0x101D)
I/O Slot 2	Slot 4	Slot 5	Slot 6		Slot 29	Slot 28	Slot 27	Slot 26
				256
17	4099	4100	4101		4124	4123	4122	4121
				(0x100)
(0x11)	(0x1003)	(0x1004)	(0x1005)		(0x101C	(0x101B)	(0x101A)	(0x1019)
I/O Slot 1	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3		Slot 25	Slot 24	Slot 23	Slot 22
16	4096	4097	4098		4120	4119	4118	4117
(0x10)	(0x1000)	(0x1001)	(0x1002)		(0x1018)	(0x1017)	(0x1016)	(0x1015)

Library Partitioning and Element Addressing

Library 4U systems with firmware versions of .80 and higher, and containing at least 2 drives, have the ability to configure two logical libraries (create two partitions). This partitioning has been expanded with the new library firmware and half-high drive integration. Now it is possible to configure 1, 2, 3 or 4 partitions in the 4U library. Additionally the 2U library can now be configured into one or two partitions. Each library must contain at least one drive per logical library (partition). In a partitioned library, the Operator Control Panel (OCP) only reports

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