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Sun Microsystems StorageTek SL48 Getting Started

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Sun StorageTek™
SL48 Tape Library
Getting started
© Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle,
Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. Sun
StorageTek™ SL24 Tape Autoloader and Sun StorageTek™ SL48
Tape Library are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Other
trademarks may be mentioned herein which belong to other
companies.
Fourth edition: July 2007
The information in this document is subject to change without
notice.
www.sun.com
AH945-96004
IMPORTANT:
Shipping Lock: The shipping lock must be removed for
the robotics to work properly. A robot move error is
displayed if the shipping lock is not removed. See Step
1, Removing and storing the shipping lock.
WARNING!
The Sun StorageTek™ SL48 Tape Library weighs 30.2
kg (66 lb) without media and 46 kg (101.4 lb) with
media (48 cartridges). When moving the Library, to
reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the
device:
•
Observe local health and safety requirements and
guidelines for manual material handling.
•
Remove all tapes to reduce the overall weight of the
device.
•
Obtain adequate assistance to lift and stabilize the
device during installation or removal.
WARNING!
When placing the Library into a rack, to reduce the risk
of personal injury or damage to equipment:
•
Extend the rackʹs leveling jacks to the floor.
•
Ensure that the full weight of the rack rests on the
leveling jacks.
•
Install stabilizing feet on the rack.
•
Extend only one rack component at a time. Racks
may become unstable if more than one component
is extended.
Unpacking the Library
Remove the packaging, accessories, and Library from the
box one layer at a time. Place the Library on a level work
surface. Carefully remove the foam padding and then
the bag from the Library. Save the packaging materials
to move or ship the Library in the future.

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  • Page 1 • Extend only one rack component at a time. Racks may become unstable if more than one component © Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, is extended. Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. Sun StorageTek™ SL24 Tape Autoloader and Sun StorageTek™ SL48 Tape Library are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

  • Page 2: Front Panel Overview

    Identifying product components Front panel overview 11346 1. Power button 2. Magazine and mailslot 3. LEDs 4. LCD screen 6. Air vents 5. Control keys 11369 7. Magazine Confirm that you received the following product components: Parallel SCSI cable (parallel SCSI Libraries — Back panel overview: parallel ordered separately) U320 parallel SCSI terminator (one per parallel SCSI...

  • Page 3: Removing And Storing The Shipping Lock

    Back panel overview: Fibre Optional: Adding a tape drive Channel 11357 11372 2. Fan 1. Fibre Channel ports 3. Power connector 4. Tape drive 5. Ethernet port 6. Serial port (Factory use 11413 only) With a tape drive upgrade kit, the Library can hold up 7.
  • Page 4 Optional: Installing the Customizing the rails for 10–32 threaded‐hole racks tabletop conversion cover 11421 Using a flat screwdriver, replace the two alignment pins 11377 on the front and back of each rail with the pins from the 10–32 threaded-hole rack packet. Skip this step if you are mounting the Library in a rack.

  • Page 5: Securing The Rails To The Rack

    3 Securing the rails to the rack 5 Installing the Library 11347 Slide the Library onto the rails. Secure the front bezel to the rack using a #2 Phillips screwdriver placed through the small holes in the mounting bracket to tighten the 11423 captive screws on each side of the Library.

  • Page 6: Planning The Parallel Scsi Configuration

    6a Planning the parallel SCSI 6b Planning the Fibre Channel configuration configuration 11418 11414 The Fibre Channel tape drive has two Fibre Channel If the Library has only one parallel SCSI drive and is ports. Only one port may be used at a time, but the only parallel SCSI device connected to the host both ports can be connected for path failover if your computer, or you will put each drive on its own parallel...

  • Page 7: Preparing The Host

    8 Preparing the host 9b Connecting the Library: Fibre Channel If necessary, install software, a host bus adapter (HBA), and compatible drivers in the host computer. Ensure that your HBA supports multiple LUNs. For parallel SCSI devices, verify that multiple LUN support is enabled for the HBA and operating system.

  • Page 8: Configuring The Fibre Channel Ports

    12 Setting the date and time 14 Configuring the Fibre Channel ports This option sets the date and time used by the Library to record events and should be set during the initial Sun recommends leaving the Fibre Channel ports at the installation process.
  • Page 9 TIP: 16 Loading tape cartridges Use the front panel Operations > Unlock Left Magazines option to release the left magazines. Pull both magazines straight out of the front of the Library. 10848 11401 The lower left magazine, which is designated by a white To remove the magazines on both sides of the Library dot on the lower right corner, has a three‐slot mailslot in or to remove the magazines when the Library is...
  • Page 10 Using the remote management Using the operator control interface (RMI) panel (OCP) With the RMI, you can monitor the Libraryʹs status, configure it, and control most of its functions from a web browser or terminal. SNMP can only be configured with the RMI.
  • Page 11 Operator control panel menu HOME Info C o n f i gu r at i o n Op e r at i o n s S u pp o r t Status P o w e r On/Off D r i v e s Library Open Mailslot(s) Unlock...

  • Page 12: Ordering Media

    Ordering media 11383 Use Sun storage media to prolong the life of the Library and tape drives. To learn more about, or to purchase Sun media, visit http://www.sun.com/storagetek/ tape_storage/tape_media/lto/. Helpful websites For other product information, see the following websites: http://sun.com http://sunsolve.sun.com http://www.docs.sun.com/app/docs http://www.sun.com/storagetek/tape_storage...

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