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QuickSpecs
Product Highlights
Library Extender
Serviceability
LTO Ultrium Technology
Investment protection
Leverage the investment in your MSL Library, now or in the future, to increase both capacity and
performance as data needs change. The HP MSL Library Extender Kit can be used to connect two MSL
libraries to create one larger, logical library. The stacked libraries appear to the host as a single library. The
Extender Kit can be used with MSL2024, 4048, or 8096 libraries and is compatible with both new and
currently installed libraries. The Extender Kit is customer installable in under 60 minutes.
The Library Extender occupies the lowest half-height drive bay in the top library and the upper half-height
drive bay of the lower library. No additional external power or communication cabling is necessary. The
upper Library (MSL4048 or MSL8096) controls the extended library. Any drive in the extended library may
host the library interface. Only the operator control panel (OCP), USB port, and Ethernet connection of the
upper library are used in the extended mode.
The Library Extender Kit does not support combining two MSL2024 or two MSL8096 libraries. The Extended
Library will not support partitioning.
Possible configurations include:
Extended Library Configurations
Lower Library
MSL2024
MSL4048
MSL2024
MSL4048
*In configurations with an 8U library, the 8U must always be the top library
NOTE: An MSL8048 must have all 96 slots enabled before using the Library Extender. Once all 96 slots are
usable, configurations are the same as the MSL8096.
Modular in design, the MSL Tape Libraries has easily replaceable components minimizing the Mean-Time-
to-Repair on the unit. Replaceable components include the tape drive, the magazines, the power supply
and the controller board. HP Library and Tape Tools (L&TT) provides easy access to the MSL error log,
generates support tickets, and enables firmware downloads. L&TT can be downloaded for free at:
http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools.
HP LTO (Linear Tape Open) Ultrium Tape Drives use best of breed technology. By taking the best features
from other tape technologies and combining them into a single new technology, Ultrium tape drives are in
a league of their own. Inclusion of innovative features such as Adaptive Tape Speed (ATS) ensure that
Ultrium drives can meet the performance and reliability demands of a library environment. LTO technology
is an open industry standard format; thus data written on HP Ultrium Tape Drives can be interchanged
directly with Ultrium Tape Drives from other vendors.
HP LTO tape drives and automation products are founded on the LTO open standard and adhere to the
published LTO format roadmap to generation 8 at 32TB of compressed capacity per cartridge by
Generation 8. With in-built two generation backwards compatibility, LTO customers can be assured of
investment protection.
DA - 13258 Worldwide — Version 36 — January 18, 2013
HP StoreEver MSL2024/MSL4048/MSL8048/MSL8096
Slot Numbers (without mail slots enabled)
Master Library
MSL4048
MSL4048
MSL8096*
MSL8096*
Tape Libraries
Lower Library Master Library
1-24
1-48
1-24
1-48
25-72
49-96
25-120
49-144
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