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2.1.4
Reliability
TABLE 2-1
Part
Autoloader MSBF
Magazine life
Tape cartridge
Drive
2.1.5
Environmental Specification
Temperature and humidity is limited by the media specification of 10
operating and 20%-80% noncondensing. Humidity and temperature is also limited to
26
C wet bulb temperature. See Section 1.1.1, "Environmental Specifications," on
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page 1-4 for more information.
2.1.6
Stacker and Library Functionality
The Autoloader has three modes of operation. See Section 3.5, "Top Level Menu
Options," on page 3-9 for more information.
Autodetect mode: Defaults to Stacker mode until the Autoloader receives a
changer command, which changes it to Random mode until it is power cycled.
Stacker mode: Loads each tape sequentially after each drive unload request.
Random mode: Allows random access to tapes per command to the Autoloader.
2.1.7
Autoloader Firmware
The autoloader firmware consists of the following five modules (
page 2-5):
Interface manager
Front panel manager
Diagnostics manager
Motion manager
Transport motion controller
2-4
StorEdge L280 Service Manual • February 1998
Reliability
Probable Life Span
200,000 Swaps
45,000 Swaps
10,000 Swaps
50,000 Load/Unload Cycles
C-40
C
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on
FIGURE 2-1
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