Robotic System And Barcode Scanner; Figure 10 Fc I/O Fan Blade - Quantum Scalar i500 User Manual

Each I/O blade is cooled by a fan blade that is installed next to the I/O blade in the expansion module. For
information on installing the fan blade, see Adding, Removing, and Replacing the I/O Fan Blade on
page 201.
Figure 10 shows the I/O fan blade, including the LED. The single amber LED represents health status. For
more information on the behavior of the I/O fan blade LED, see LCB and FC I/O Blade LEDs on page 215.
Figure 10 FC I/O Fan Blade
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1 LED (amber)

Robotic System and Barcode Scanner

The robotic system identifies and moves the cartridges between the storage slots, tape drives, and the I/E
station. The robotic arm (picker) has picker fingers that enable it to grab tape cartridges and move them into
positions along X, Y, and Z motion coordinates. The robotic system and the barcode scanner work together
to identify the locations of resources within the library.
Each tape cartridge must contain a barcode that the barcode scanner reads during the inventory process.
During the inventory process, the barcode scanner reads the fiducial labels to identify the types of
magazines and tape drives that are installed in the library.
Every tape cartridge must have a unique machine-readable barcode attached to it. Tape cartridges cannot
have duplicate barcode labels. This barcode identifies the cartridge. The library stores the physical location
of the tape cartridge in an inventory database. All library or host requests typically reference the location of
the tape cartridges based on this barcode number. Barcode labels are mandatory and must adhere to
specific standards. For more information on barcodes, see Working With Cartridges and Barcodes on
page 223.
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