Set Library Mode; Set Element Base; Set Identification; Set Date - Overland Storage PowerLoader User & Installation Manual

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Set Library Mode

This setting lets you switch the robotics operating mode between Random or Sequential.
Random is the normal operating mode which affords complete host control of the robotics.
Sequential mode is locally controlled. Sequential operations begin with any cartridge loaded
into the drive. The library monitors the status of the drive, and when the cartridge is loaded by
the host, it returns the cartridge to the magazine, then loads the next cartridge in magazine
numerical order. This operation continues to cycle until all of the cartridges have been loaded,
or until an empty slot is encountered.
When you select Sequential, an additional Sequential Mode option is displayed that lets you
select Normal or Recirculate options. Normal Option operates as described above. In
Recirculate mode, instead of stopping after the cartridge in the last slot has been unloaded by
the host, the operation continues by loading the cartridge in Slot 1. Recirculation will continue
until an empty slot is encountered.

Set Element Base

This setting allows you to set the base addresses of each of the three SCSI elements of the
module. In order to identify sources and destination in SCSI commands to the robotics, the
library is divided into elements, each of which is assigned a separate designator or element
address. The Transport Element is the robotics mechanism itself; the Storage Elements are slots
in the magazines; the Transfer Element the drive. The library reports these settings in response
to the SCSI Mode Sense command, in the Element Address Assignment Page.

Set Identification

This setting enables you to specify the response of the library robotics to the SCSI Inquiry
command in the Vendor ID and the Product ID fields.

Set Date

This enables you to set the module's calendar.

Set Time

This enables you to set the module's clock.

Set Baud Rate

This enables you to set the data transmission rate of the module's trace port. This function is
intended for use by CEs only.
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