About Storagetek Tape Analytics - StorageTek SL150 Manual

Software that Supports the SL150
ACSLS version 8.2 or later is required for interfacing with the SL150 Library.
ACSLS version 8.3 (second patch) is required for library firmware version 2.25, and
later, which supports new ASC and ASCQ reporting.
Refer to the ACSLS documentation library for additional information regarding
support for the SL150 Library and tape drives. See the Tape Storage section of OTN
(http://docs.oracle.com/en/storage/#tab5).
Tape Drive support:
SL150 firmware version 2.60 and later:
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SL150 firmware version 2.50 with LTO-5 or LTO-6 requires a minimum of ACSLS
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version 8.3 patch 3.

About StorageTek Tape Analytics

StorageTek Tape Analytics (STA) is an intelligent monitoring application. It simplifies
tape storage management and allows you to make informed decisions about future
tape storage investments based on the current health of the tape storage environment.
To set up communications between the STA server and the libraries, you must perform
some configuration procedures on the libraries and some on the STA server. STA uses
both the v2c and v3 SNMP protocols to communicate with the library.
The initial communication handshake between a library and the STA server is
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done through the v2c protocol.
The traps and get functions are done through the v3 protocol. The authentication,
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encryption, and message integrity features in SNMP v3 provide a secure
mechanism for sending library data.
For more information, refer to the STA documentation at:
http://docs.oracle.com/en/storage/#tab5
STA version 2.2.1 is the recommended minimum level to support the SL150 Library.
1-10 StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library Guide
Note:
ACSLS versions 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 do not support the Expanded
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Mailslot configuration (19 mailslots) available with library
firmware version 2.25 or later.
ACSLS requires the SL150 setting for Drive Element Addressing
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be installed drives only.
LTO-7 requires the minimum of ACSLS version 8.4 with patch 1
LTO-5 and LTO-6 ACSLS version 8.4 or later
STA requires a dedicated server. Oracle recommends that you
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place the STA server on the same subnet as the library to improve
SNMP UDP reliability.