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Scalar i500 User's Guide

Tape Drive Ethernet Connectivity and the Ethernet Expansion Blade
Ethernet connectivity between HP LTO-5 and LTO-6 Fibre Channel tape
drives and the library's internal Ethernet via the library control blade.
Details about tape drive Ethernet connectivity and the Ethernet
Expansion blade include:
• Library firmware must be at version 600G or later.
• HP LTO-5 FC or HP LTO-6 FC tape drive firmware must be at the
latest version qualified with the Scalar i500 library (see the Scalar i500
Release Notes for qualified firmware levels).
• An Encryption Key Management license must be installed on the
library sufficient to cover all the tape drives you intend to use for
Ethernet operations.
• A Storage Networking license must be installed on the library
sufficient to cover all the tape drives you intend to use for Ethernet
operations.
• 5U libraries do not support an Ethernet Expansion blade. For 5U
libraries, connect the HP LTO-5 FC or HP LTO-6 FC tape drive to one
of the internal Ethernet ports on the library control blade (see
Figure 63 on page 467).
• In libraries that are greater than 5U, it is recommended that all HP
LTO-5 FC or HP LTO-6 FC tape drives be connected to an Ethernet
Expansion blade. The Ethernet Expansion blade is provided as part of
your FIPS-compliant solution when you purchase 8 Gb Storage
Networking tape drives.
• The Ethernet Expansion blade is not in the data path and does not
affect tape drive control paths.
• Each Ethernet Expansion blade has six Ethernet ports to allow you to
attach up to six HP LTO-5 FC or HP LTO-6 FC tape drives. Do not
attach tape drives of any other type to the Ethernet Expansion blade.
• Do not connect the Ethernet Expansion blade to an external Ethernet
source. The Ethernet Expansion blade is for internal Ethernet
connectivity within the library.
• The Ethernet Expansion blade must be installed in the bottom left
vertical bay in an expansion module. The empty bay to the right of
the Ethernet Expansion blade must be covered by a cover plate.
• Libraries may contain both Ethernet Expansion blades and FC I/O
blades.
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