Controller Cards; Hp Storageworks Interface Manager Card; Hp Storageworks E2400-Fc 2G Interface Controller; Library Robotics Controller - HP E Series User Manual

Controller cards

This section explains the function of the major three cards that control the library.

HP StorageWorks Interface Manager card

The HP StorageWorks Interface Manager is an HP proprietary management card designed to
consolidate and simplify the management of multiple Fibre Channel interface controllers installed in the
library. It also provides SAN-related diagnostics and management for library components, including the
interface controllers, drives, and robotics. The Interface Manager card, in conjunction with HP
StorageWorks Command View TL software, provides remote management of the library via a serial,
Telnet, or Web-based graphical user interface.
The Interface Manager card communicates with the management station over the LAN. The management
station is a Microsoft
the management station should have a static IP address and be dedicated for use with the Interface
Manager and Command View TL software.
Any client machine on the LAN can communicate with the Interface Manager either through the graphical
user interface (GUI) or through a Telnet command line interface (CLI). At a higher level, multiple libraries,
each containing an Interface Manager card, can be connected to a single management station. Each
Interface Manager card can communicate with only one management station, but the management
station can communicate with multiple Interface Manager cards.
After being configured, the Interface Manager card is used to configure the interface controllers, based
on knowledge of the library and SAN. As robot commands are received from the interface controllers,
the Interface Manager card acts as a switch to relay these commands to the library robotics controller.
The Interface Manager card contains on-board Flash memory to provide a persistent history of the library
and storage network health.

HP StorageWorks e2400-FC 2G interface controller

The e2400-FC 2G interface controller is an HP proprietary card that provides Fibre Channel connectivity
for the tape drives and robotics in the SAN. Commands, data, and status information are transferred to
and from this controller, from hosts, the robotics unit, and the tape drives. One interface controller can
manage up to four Ultrium tape drives.

Library robotics controller

The library robotics controller contains firmware to control the robotics unit, communicate with the
Interface Manager card, manage the library servo and vision control, and monitor the door and load
port sensor status.
Robot commands are sent from hosts in the SAN to an interface controller, which directs them over an
internal Ethernet network to the library robotics controller. The library robotics controller translates these
commands into movements to be performed by the robot.

Load ports and magazines

The load ports are mechanical devices on the front of the library that enable you to import and export
tape cartridges to and from the library through removable magazines, or act as additional library
storage slots. These two functions for a load port cannot be mixed; you must either designate an entire
load port to be import/export slots or storage slots. The base module contains a load port capable of
using one 5-cartridge magazine. The 8U expansion modules contain load ports capable of using two
5-cartridge magazines each.
24 Library overview
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Windows -based PC (server) that hosts the Command View TL software. Ideally,