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Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions
Component
PreScan and
PostScan
Encryption mode
Robotic control
path
Controller (RIM)
port addressing
Direct-attached
Fibre Channel drive
addressing
November 2020
Description
Decide whether or not you want the library to scan the cartridges in the
partition for media errors. See Using PreScan on page 306 and Using PostScan
on page 307 for detailed information about the PreScan and PostScan features.
Decide whether or not to encrypt data in the partition and what type of
encryption and encryption key management to use. The Encryption screen
does not display unless you are logged into the library as an encryption user
and have either created one or more BlueScale encryption keys or configured a
Spectra SKLM or KMIP server. See the Spectra Tape Libraries Encryption User
Guide for details.
Decide on the exporting controller (RIM) for the library's robotics.
Important: If the exporting controller is used by other partitions, wait for
any moves in progress to complete, and make the controller offline to all
host applications before creating a new partition.
Notes:
 If you plan to select both ports on the exporting controller, make sure that the
software used with the partition supports using multiple control paths and
that the ports are cabled correctly. Selecting both ports provides redundancy,
but requires software that supports two control paths to the robotics.
 You can select multiple exporting controllers (RIMs) for a partition and use
your host software to either export the same changer interface over the
controllers to provide redundancy, or send multiple moves to the partition
which are analyzed by MediaIQ so that the moves are processed in the most
efficient way.
 With BlueScale12.7.03 to BlueScale12.8.01.04, the maximum number of
exporters supported by the library is six. A single RIM can export up to eight
partitions, but still only count as one exporter; a single RIM2 can export up to
16 partitions, but still only count as one exporter.
 With BlueScale12.8.03 and later, the maximum number of exporters
supported by the library is 12.
 A single RIM can export up to eight partitions, but still only count as one
exporter; a single RIM2 can export up to 16 partitions, but still only count as
one exporter.
Decide what port addressing (soft addressing or Loop ID) and Fibre mode
(Loop, Fabric, or Auto‐negotiate) each port on the controller uses. If you select
soft addressing, each Fibre Channel port is assigned a unique address when it
connects to the Fibre Channel arbitrated loop, fabric, or SAN. If you do not use
soft addressing, each port uses the fixed Loop ID you set.
For each Fibre Channel drive, decide whether to use soft addressing or an
assigned Loop ID. If you select soft addressing, each Fibre Channel port is
identified by an address assigned to the drive when it connects to the Fibre
Channel arbitrated loop, fabric, or SAN. If you do not use soft addressing, each
port uses the fixed Loop ID you set.
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