Attaching Fc Lto-5 Drives To Ethernet Expansion Blades; Table 6 Cable Connection Recommendations For Ethernet Expansion Blades - Quantum Scalar i6000 Installation Manual

Attaching FC LTO-5 Drives to Ethernet Expansion Blades

The Ethernet Expansion blade (EEB) provides the option for Ethernet connectivity to each LTO-5 drive for
library-to-drive communication purposes only. The EEB is not in the data path as the FC I/O blade, but
provides a control path to the LTO-5 drive for partition move medium commands as well as functionality.
Each EEB has six Ethernet ports to allow attachment to six LTO-5 drives. The EEB provides Ethernet
connectivity to the library's internal Ethernet and should not be connected to an external Ethernet source.
External Ethernet cables should not be connected to your LTO-5 drives.
An LTO-5 tape drive cannot be connected to both an EEB and a FC I/O blade.
Note
See Installing Drives
Table 6 Cable Connection Recommendations for Ethernet Expansion Blades
EEB Positions in the
I/O Management Unit
Bay 7
Bay 7
Bay 7
Bay 7
Bay 7
Bay 7
Bay 8
Bay 8
Bay 8
Bay 8
Bay 8
Bay 8
Scalar i6000 Installation Guide
on page 105.
LTO-5 Connection on EEB
ETH-1
ETH-2
ETH-3
ETH-4
ETH-5
ETH-6
ETH-1
ETH-2
ETH-3
ETH-4
ETH-5
ETH-6
Drive Coordinates
1,1,1,1,1,1
1,1,1,2,1,1
1,1,1,3,1,1
1,1,1,4,1,1
1,1,1,5,1,1
1,1,1,6,1,1
1,1,1,7,1,1
1,1,1,8,1,1
1,1,1,9,1,1
1,1,1,10,1,1
1,1,1,11,1,1
1,1,1,12,1,1
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