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These requirements impact library operations in the following ways:
• If you convert panel 1 only to a new media type, neither load port can be used to insert or
remove media from that panel. Because the left and right load ports are on panels 2 and 5, they
must have the same media type as the rest of panels 2 and 5.
• If panels 1 and 2 (or 1, 2, and 3) are converted to a new media type, the left load port can be
used to insert or remove media from the converted panels. The right load port is used to insert or
remove media from the existing panels.
• The type of media added to your library is on the left side of the library only; therefore, the
additional media type has only one column of load port capacity, and the existing media type
has two columns of load port capacity.
These are important when determining the library storage capacity. Storage capacity in a
mixed-media library depends on the quantity of panels exchanged, the location of media types you
are using, whether the load ports are enabled, and the number of drives in the library.
NOTE: In order to use mixed media, the library must be at firmware revision level 2.0 or greater.
Update the firmware before installing mixed media in the library.
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