Robot; Import/Export Stations - Quantum Scalar i6000 User Manual

Robot

Import/Export Stations

Quantum Scalar i6000 User's Guide
The robot moves cartridges between storage cells, tape drives, and the
I/E station. A picker is used to get or put cartridges in a storage cell or a
tape drive slot. The picker moves along an X and Y axis and can pivot
o
180 . A barcode scanner on the picker assembly identifies cartridges
located in storage cells.
The library can be configured for either one or two robots. See
Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules
information.
I/E stations enable you to import and export cartridges without
interrupting normal library operation. There are two types of I/E
stations: 24-slot I/E stations and 72-slot I/E stations.
Each 24-slot I/E station has a capacity of 24 LTO cartridges that are
located in four removable magazines. The 72-slot I/E station consists of
two side-by-side 36-slot I/E stations that can operate independently or
as a single 72-slot I/E station. Each 36-slot I/E station provides I/E
capacity of 36 LTO cartridges in six removable magazines.
The I/E station is installed on the front of the control module or any of
the first seven expansion modules, including high-density expansion
modules. It can be installed in a right parking module if the right
parking module is in position 2 through 8. Expansion modules (and the
right parking module) in positions nine through seventeen are storage-
only modules and do not contain I/E stations or drives. See
page 5, Figure 9 on page 14, and
location.
Note: The I/E station cannot be configured as a storage location, but
it can be part of a logical division of library resources known as
partitions. For information about partitions, see
Partitions on page 128.
Chapter 1: Description
on page 7 for more
Figure 11 on page 16 for I/E station
Robot
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Figure 3 on
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