Chapter 6

Viewing inventory information

The library maintains a cartridge inventory in nonvolatile RAM and uses the information to process SCSI commands from the application software. The inventory contains information about the following element locations:

￿CHM (the medium transport element)

￿Entry/exit port (the import/export element)

￿Cartridge slots (the storage elements)

￿Tape drives (the data transfer elements)

The Inventory Menu allows you to display the following information:

￿Bar code label information. This includes data about whether the bar code scanner could accurately scan the label.

￿Element occupied information. This includes data about whether the element contains a cartridge and whether a magazine or tape drive is installed.

￿Element position information. This includes data about the exact position of each element.

Bar code label information

To display bar code label information:

1.Select the Library Info Menu from the Main Menu, then select Inventory Menu.

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Exabyte 480, 440 manual Viewing inventory information, Bar code label information