Location Designators - Qualstar RLS-4470 Technical & Service Manual

Tape library; rls-4000 series; rls-5000 series; rls-6000 series; rls-8000 series;
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The values displayed are always the actual values. If a displayed value is
changed in the display, it is immediately changed within the system. If it is
necessary to change back to an original value, the displayed value must be
changed back to the original value.

3.5.3 Location Designators

A Location Designator contains six characters used to describe any physical location.
A "p" in the first character signifies a physical location and then the five remaining
characters are defined below. When a character is not required to define a par-
ticular location, the character is replaced with a decimal point or dot.
Space
a–d,p
physical
Table 3-2 The
Character
Space
This character is always a lower-case "
Characters
F: Fixed Slots (RLS-4124 and 4221 only)
Primary
H: Handler
Location
MA.–MZ: Magazine A through Magazine Z (model dependent)
IA–IZ: VIOP Magazine A through VIOP Magazine Z (model dependent)
T: Tape Drive
This digit is used to locate a particular location within a primary group (all are model
Secondar
dependent): Fixed Slots (1-4), Magazine Slot (1-5), Tape Drive (1-4)
y Location
physical
Table 3-3
Character Definitions
Example
pH....
The Handler
pID1..
The first VIOP storage location: Magazine D, Slot 1 (must always be slot 1)
pID5..
The last VIOP storage location: Magazine D, Slot 5 (must be in same magazine as first
slot)
pMB3..
A magazine storage location: Magazine B, Slot 3
pT1...
The leftmost Tape Drive
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Primary Location
F,H,IA...IZ,MA...MZ,T
Location Field
a-d
indicates logical libraries
The Operator Interface
NOTICE
Secondary
Location
•,1-5
Definition
p
" when describing the physical space.
a-d element address space.
Definition
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