IBM Magstar 3494 manual Dual Accessor Zones, Previously Initialized

Previously Initialized

This ®eld indicates if the Library Manager has previously been initialized with this host via LAN.

v0 in this ®eld indicates the Library Manager has not yet been initialized with this host.

v1 in this ®eld indicates the Library Manager is initialized or was previously initialized with this host.

The LAN Status panel has the following push-buttons:

OK Closes the window.

Help Display the help panel.

Dual Accessor Zones

Figure 79 shows the Dual Accessor Zones window.

Figure 79. Dual Accessor Zones Pop-Up Window

The Dual Accessor Zones window displays a diagram showing the string of frames that make up the library, and indicators showing which frames are serviced by each accessor. Boundary is the frame number of the frame that is currently serving as the zone boundary between Accessor A's work zone and Accessor B's work Zone. Mode is the boundary mode (®xed or ¯oat). Fixed means the boundary is ®xed, and will not change based on activity. Float means that the boundary will change automatically based on activity to balance the accessor workload. The default mode is ¯oat.

The Dual Accessor Zones window has the following push-buttons:

OK Closes the Dual Accessor Zones window.

Help Provides help about the Dual Accessor Zones window.

To close the window, select the OK push-button in the lower left corner of the window.

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