Quantum DX Series User Manual page 136

Appendix B Setup CD and Setup Menu
DX-Series Setup Menu
Creating
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Cartridges
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To create cartridges on the storage array(s):
Creating cartridges will destroy all data on existing
Caution:
storage array cartridges.
1 Select 3 from the DX-Series Setup Menu to configure the user options.
2 The system warns you that creating cartridges will destroy any
existing cartridge data and prompts you to continue. Type y and the
system services are shut down.
The cartridge creation process asks you to make the following
selection:
• Type 1 to create cartridges on ALL storage arrays.
• Type 2 to create cartridges on a SPECIFIED storage array.
If this is an upgrade to an existing system, create
Caution:
cartridges ONLY on the new storage array.
• Type 3 to create cartridges on a specified RAID set.
• Type 4 to exit create cartridges.
3 The system confirms your choice and asks for verification. Type y to
continue.
4 Enter the starting cartridge barcode and press
The barcode format must be AANNNN, where A is any
Note:
uppercase alpha-numeric character and N is any single
digit (0-9). Barcodes automatically increment.
The system indicates partitioning and formatting for each RAID set
on the storage arrays.
5 The system asks how you wish to create cartridges, by quantity or
capacity:
Creating cartridges differs depending on the size of the
Note:
hard drives (250GB or 400GB).
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