Sun Microsystems SL8500 manual Reserved Slots, Cartridge Address, Internal Address

Reserved Slots

Reserved Slots

There are a total of 230 slots within the library that are reserved (that is, not to be used for data cartridge storage); these are listed in TABLE A-1.

TABLE A-1Reserved Slots

Number of Slots	Use for	Location
198	Diagnostic or Cleaning Cartridges	Front section of Customer Interface Module
		(separated from data cartridge cells by the Service
		Safety Door area)
24	3-cell arrays:	Front section of Customer Interface Module
	endstop label (top)
	proximity sensing (middle)
	drop-off slot for single HandBot
	(bottom)
8	Drop-off slot for second HandBot	Top cell under the PTP area
Total = 230

Cartridge Address

You have to understand two types of addressing scheme to manually locate a cartridge:

■Internal firmware address

■HLI-PRC (Host LMU Interface - Panel, Row, Column) address

Internal Address

The internal library firmware designates cartridge locations with a five-digit number as viewed from the front of the library, Library, Rail, Column, Side, and Row represented as L,R,C,S,W.

Library number: The number within a library or library complex

Rail number: Rails are numbered 1 through 4; Rail 1 is the top rail

Column number: Columns are “signed” numbers referenced from the customer interface module, where +1 is right of the center of the drive bays and -1 is to the left of the drive bays

Side number: Outer walls = 1, inner walls = 2

Row number: Numbered consecutively, from the top (1) down

See “Locating a Cartridge and Drive” on page 62 to locate a cartridge using the Library Console.

110 StreamLine™ SL8500 Modular Library System User's Guide • March 2007 Revision K • 96154