IBM Magstar 3494 manual Convenience I/O Mode

Note: If the inventory update is not enabled, select Perform Inventory Update from the Commands pull-down (see ªUsing the Commands Pull-Downº on page 152) to add the newly inserted cartridges to the library manager database and to send messages to the hosts. Perform Partial may also be selected. The operator is shown which doors were opened and may select or deselect doors to re-inventory. All other library activity is held until the inventory update is completed (approximately 4 minutes per frame being inventoried).

If the high availability model is installed, do not insert cartridges into the service bays, as they cannot be accessed by the library.

Using the Convenience Input¤Output Station Feature to Insert Cartridges

Cartridges may be inserted into the library by using the Convenience Input¤Output

Station during normal automatic operation by performing the following steps:

Note: The ten-cell I/O station feature is shown in Figure 34 on page 79. Figure 35 on page 80 shows the optional 30 cell I/O. If the 30-cell I/O is installed, the operation remains the same, but there are two operator doors. The upper operator door „1… provides access to the top 10 cells. The lower operator door „2… provides access to the lower 20 cells. (Both doors open together.)

1. Check the status of the Convenience Input¤Output Station on the operator panel.

If the Output Mode status light and the Unload Required status light are not lit

on the operator panel, proceed to step 2.

If the Output Mode status light or the Unload Required status light is lit on the

operator panel, open the Convenience Input¤Output Station door and remove all

the cartridges in the Convenience Input¤Output Station.

2. Insert the cartridges „2… (see Figure 34 on page 79) that you want to add to the

library into the Convenience Input¤Output Station„1… with the cut-off corner (and

leader block) to the left and the external label facing to the inside of the

Convenience Input¤Output Station. Shut the Convenience Input¤Output Station

door.

The Input Mode indicator will light and stay lit until all the cartridges in the

Convenience Input¤Output Station are stored.

3. Repeat these steps until all of your cartridges are inserted.

Convenience I/O Mode

The Convenience Input¤Output Station will be in either Import Mode or Insert Mode,

depending upon the capabilities of the VTSs in the library and the con®guration of

the library. (See Figure 77 on page 131.) The Convenience Input¤Output Station is in

Insert Mode when the library does not have a VTS that is capable of Import/Export

operations.

The Convenience Input¤Output Station is in Import Mode when the library has at

least one VTS that is capable of Import/Export operations.

The mode of the Convenience Input¤Output Station is stored so that the Library

Manager ªremembersº the mode across shutdowns. Once the mode is determined,

the stored mode is used each time the Library Manager initializes. The mode will

change if the con®guration changes or the VTS capabilities change. The System

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