Slot Mapping and Cartridge Locations
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Cartridge Slot Addressing
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Drive, Mailslot, Power Supply, and Robot Addressing
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SCSI Element Addressing
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Example Library Configurations and Slot Maps
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Cartridge Slot Addressing
Library slots are identified by library-module, side, row, column, where:
library-module is the module that contains the slot. Modules are numbered by
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starting from the base module (1) and counting down.
side identifies the magazine within the module either Left or Right.
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row is the row of the slot with in the magazine, numbered starting from the top of
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magazine(1) and counting down.
column is the column of the slot within the magazine, numbered starting from the
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handle side of the magazine, at the front of the library, and counting to the back.
Reserved Slots
The library can have a maximum of three reserved slots. Only the following slot
addresses can be used as reserved slots (see
Reserved System Slots"
address.
1, Left, 1, 1
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1, Left, 2, 1
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1, Left, 3, 1
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Drive, Mailslot, Power Supply, and Robot Addressing
Component locations are identified using the following addressing schemes:
Component
Drives
Mailslot
Expanded Mailslot
on page 6-5). Reserved slots do not have a SCSI element
SCSI Element Address
Yes
Yes
Yes
"Determine the Required Number of
Physical addressing
module,top|bottom
slot number
module,side,row,column
Slot Mapping and Cartridge Locations A-1
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