Qualstar XLS Series Installation Manual page 23

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Drive Bays
Figure 1-15 shows the front view of two drive bays. Each drive bay can hold up to four
tape drive assemblies, which are installed from the rear of the LRM.
Figure 1-15 Front view of two drive bays (front panel removed)
Depending on the XLS model, the library can be equipped with up to eight drive bays.
With the exception of the XLS812300, a drive bay, which holds four tape drives, can be
exchanged with a cartridge bay, which holds 30 cartridges, and vice versa.
For safety reasons, four tape drive or drive filler assemblies (see Figure 1-16) must be
installed in each drive bay in order for the library to operate. If the library detects that
one of the positions is empty, it disables the handler until another tape drive or drive filler
assembly is installed.
Figure 1-16 Drive filler assembly
1.2.5 I/O Ports
As shown in Figure 1-17 on page 1-16, I/O ports on the front of the LRM allow
cartridges to be imported or exported without opening the door(s) and interrupting XLS
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