Control Module; Expansion Module; I/O Station; Access Door - IBM System Storage TS3310 Setup And Operator Manual

Control Module

All library configurations include the control module (
1-2). The control module contains the robotics, library control blade (LCB), and
touch screen display. The control module also contains an I/O station, fixed
storage slots, tape drives, and at least one power supply.
The control module can contain one or two tape drives and one or two power
supplies. At least one power supply is always required.

Expansion Module

The 9U expansion module (
module that is attached below the control module in a 14U library. Like the control
module, the expansion module also provides fixed storage slots, tape drive slots,
and power supply slots. The I/O station in an expansion module can be
configured as storage.
If an expansion module contains only cartridges, all power is derived from the
control module.

I/O Station

I/O Stations (
library and enable the importing and exporting of cartridges without interrupting
normal library operations. A control module I/O Station has a capacity of six
cartridges. A 9U expansion module I/O Station has a capacity of 12 cartridges.
When an I/O Station slot is assigned to a logical library, only that logical library
can access that slot. The I/O Station is shared among all logical libraries, but the
I/O Station slots are owned by one logical library at a time.
In a 5U library, the six I/O Station slots cannot be configured as storage. In a 14U
library, the I/O Stations can be configured as follows:
Table 1-2. 14U library I/O Station configurations
No. of I/O
Station Slots
6
12
18
Note: I/O slots can be reassigned each time the I/O Station is opened by
rearranging the order of the cartridges in the I/O Station.

Access Door

Each control module and expansion module has a door on the front panel that
allows access to the internal components of the library.
This door is locked by the I/O Station. To open the Access Door (
on page 1-2), you must first open the I/O Station.
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Location of I/O Station Slots
All six I/O Station slots are in the control module.
All twelve I/O Station slots are in the 9U expansion module.
Six of the I/O Station slots are in the control module. The remaining
twelve I/O Station slots are in the 9U expansion module.
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Chapter 1. Product Description
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