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General Information
This chapter describes the hardware components of the library, the cell
locations for cartridge tapes, and the two library operating modes (automatic
and manual). For software information and drive information, refer to the
publications that pertain to these specific topics.
The library is a robotic system that mounts cartridges into a storage cell or into
a drive for read/write operations. It also moves cartridges from the cartridge
access port (CAP) to storage cell or from cell to cell.
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described in the following pages.
Tape Library Components
The tape library has four major components:
• A robot, which mounts and dismounts cartridges
• Storage cells for 156 to 678 cartridges
• A CAP that holds up to 20 cartridges in four magazines, with an optional
second CAP that holds the same number of cartridges
• Drives, which perform read/write operations
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