Spectra Logic Spectra T950V User Manual page 57

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Chapter 2 — Architecture Overview

The relationships between the DBAs and the locations of the drives and

controllers are the same in each main frame and drive expansion frame. In

a multi‐frame library, the frames are numbered sequentially from left to

right when viewed from the front, beginning with the left‐most frame

Figure 16 shows the relationship between the DBAs and the locations of

the drives and controllers in the main frame.

Figure 16 The relationship between the DBA, the component locations, and the

identifiers in the BlueScale and XML interfaces (main frame with RIMs shown).

 All component identifiers are numbered consecutively by

type, starting at 1.

 DBAs are numbered from the bottom up, with DBA 1 being

the bottom‐most.

 Drives are numbered from left to right and bottom to top in a

DBA, as viewed from the back of the library. Each DBA can

hold up to four full‐height drives.

 If the frame contains DBAs and shelves, the DBAs are installed

from top to bottom with shelves below.

Controller (RIM) bays

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Component Identifiers

Frame n (FRn)

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