Disabling/Enabling Manual Cartridge Assignment - Quantum scalar i500 User Manual

Disabling/Enabling
Manual Cartridge
Assignment
Scalar i500 User's Guide
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select
• From the operator panel, select O
Administrators can disable or enable manual cartridge assignment. When
manual cartridge assignment is enabled (the default setting), the
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screen automatically appears on the operator panel once cartridges are
I/E
placed into the I/E station. The
operator panel to assign the cartridges to a specific partition or to the
system partition.
When manual cartridge assignment is disabled, the
not appear on the operator panel, and the cartridges in the I/E station
remain unassigned until they are moved or imported into the library.
For more information on how manual cartridge assignment affects
importing of media, see
You can disable manual cartridge assignment by clearing the
Cartridge Assignment
screen. For more information on system settings,
Settings on page 126.
Manual cartridge assignment cannot be configured from the Web client.
The path to open the appropriate screen is as follows:
• From the operator panel, select
Understanding Host Application Notification
When manual cartridge assignment is enabled, SCSI Unit Attention
6/2801 notifies the host application when the I/E station has been
accessed, allowing the host to automatically detect the presence of media
in the I/E station and update its I/E station status information.
When manual cartridge assignment is disabled, host notification via SCSI
Unit Attention 6/2801 depends on the number of configured partitions:
• If multiple partitions are defined, the host application is not notified
when the I/E station has been accessed. Media presence in the I/E
station is reported to any partition requesting it.
Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library
Operations > Partitions > Change Mode
perations > Change Partition Mode
screen prompts you to use the
Assign I/E
Importing Media on page 246.
check box on the operator panel
Tools > System Settings
Working With Partitions
.
Assign
screen does
Assign I/E
Manual
System Settings
Configuring System
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