Capacities; Data Cartridge Slots; Reserved Capacity Slots; Table 2. Cartridge Capacity - Sun Microsystems SL8500 Best Practices Manual

Capacities

The following tables list the slot capacities for a single library.

Data Cartridge Slots

Table 2

Table 2. Cartridge Capacity

Library Configuration
Drive & Electronics Module
Robotics Interface Module
Customer Interface Module
Starting (Base) Configuration
When adding expansion module, each module adds 1,728 data cartridge slots
One expansion module
Two expansion modules
Three expansion modules
Four expansion modules
Five expansion modules (maximum)
Note: The total number of cartridges does not include the cartridge slots in

Reserved Capacity Slots

Table 3
These are reserved for diagnostic cartridges, drop-off slots, and targeting.

Table 3. Reserved Slots

Slots Usage
198 Diagnostic cartridges
24 Eight 3-cell arrays intended for:
• Endstop label (top)
• Proximity sensing (middle)
• Drop-off slot for single HandBot (bottom)
8 Drop-off slot for second HandBot
Note: ACSLS and HSC cannot access the reserved slots in the Customer Interface Module, so for
any ACSLS or HSC managed cleaning, the cartridges must be placed in the customer usable slots.
The reserved slots in the service area may be used, however, for non-ACSLS and HSC managed
cleaning using the library's cleaning and diagnostic functions.
TM0017 • Revision B
lists the customer data cartridge capacities.
the cartridge access port, pass-thru port, or reserved slots.
lists the 230 reserved slots that cannot to be used for data cartridges.
SL8500 Architecture
Cartridge Capacity
0
800
648
1,448
3,176
4,904
6,632
8,360
10,088
Location
Front of the Customer Interface
Module in the Service Area
Top cell under the pass-thru ports
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