10 Special Features For Automation; Introduction; Backup Software; Drive Model Id String - HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual

10 Special features for automation

Introduction

This chapter contains information that relates to placing an HP LTO Ultrium drive in an automated
device, such as an autochanger or a tape library:
• Drives for use in libraries have different front panels from drives mounted individually in servers
and standalone drives. There is also a special front panel for use in autoloaders. These are de-
scribed in
• For notes on the requirements and other details for the installation of drives into libraries, see
stalling drives" on page 53.
• For notes on the operation of drives in libraries, see
• For troubleshooting information, see
This chapter contains information about using special features of LTO Ultrium drives in libraries:
• The "Automation interface" (ACI/ADI), or the iADT (Ethernet) interface, allows the activities of the
drive to be coordinated within a library. See
• "Configuring autoload and ACI-controlled
automatic or ACI-controlled loads and unloads occur.
• LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) or Cartridge Memory is EEPROM memory that is embedded in
every LTO Ultrium tape cartridge. It is non-volatile and is contactless in that it is read by RF coupling
rather than electrical contact.
For suggestions of how to make use of cartridge memory in libraries, see
(LTO-CM)" on page 77.
Drives for inclusion in automated devices have different front panels from individual drives.

Backup software

You need backup application software that supports your LTO Ultrium drive and tape library.
Suitable backup applications will include driver software that establishes the interface between the
tape drive and the software. Applications usually recognize tape drives by their manufacturers' ID
string rather than their model numbers, so check the following table for the appropriate reference.

Drive Model ID String

LTO5 FC drive
LTO5 SAS drive
"Front panel for automation use" on page 68.
"Operating
Chapter 9 on page 61.
Automation interface, page 70 for details.
loads" on page 74 allows you to configure whether
"HP Ultrium 5-SCSI"
"HP Ultrium 5-SCSI"
Volume 1: hardware integration
drives" on page 60.
"Using Cartridge Memory
"In-
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