Library Overview

Back panel

The back of the library cabinet (see Figure 2) provides easy access to:

Cooling fans

Power, control, and data interfaces

Tape drives

Tape drive communication (cluster controller card and Interface Manager card)

Card cage with FC interface controllers and a robotics controller card

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1

Power supplies

Tape drives

 

 

 

(2 per2drive cluster)

(4 drives3 per cluster)

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Clus5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape drive communication7

 

 

 

6

 

 

4

(1 per drive cluster)

 

 

 

1Card cage

2 Power supplies (2 per drive cluster and 2 per card cage)

3Tape drives (up to 4 per drive cluster)

4Cooling fans (1 per drive and 1 per card cage)

5Cluster 0

6Cluster controller card (1 per drive cluster)

7 Interface manager

Figure 2: Library cabinet - back panels

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ESL E-Series Tape Library User’s Guide

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HP ESL E manual Back panel, Library cabinet back panels