Enable Media Zoning - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions
6. Click Next. The Robotic Control Path screen displays.

Enable Media Zoning

Media Zoning provides zone information in the Read Element Status
response. Zones in the library are assigned by frame. Frames in the left half
of the library as viewed from the front, are zone 0; frames in the right half
of the library (including the center frame if the number of frames is odd)
are in zone 1. In order to reduce TeraPorter contention and improve
performance, there should be drive frames in each zone. If only one drive
frame is present, there is no performance gain from Media Zoning.
Media Zoning should only be used when recommended by Spectra Logic Technical
Important
Support.
Important
Media Zoning is only compatible with RIM2 controllers.
Important
Media Zoning can only be used in a single partition library.
User Privilege Requirements Only a user with superuser or administrator
privileges can configure Media Zoning.
Configure Media Zoning Use the following steps to configure the partition
to return media zone information in Read Element Status.
1. Log in as a user with superuser or administrator privileges.
2. From the toolbar menu, select Configuration > Partitions. The Shared
3. Click Edit to modify an existing partition or New to create a new
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The Robotic Control Path screen is the beginning of a series of
configuration screens. The sequence of steps and screens matches those
described in Creating a Storage Partition on page 189.
Note: You cannot use both Include tape generation in Read Element
Status (see Configuring Emulation on page 214) and Enable
media zone information at the same time.
Library Services screen displays.
partition. The Name and Media Type screen displays (see Figure 117 on
page 192).
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