Configuring Date And Time Settings; Configuring Email Notifications - IBM TS2900 Manual

Select Service Library > Key Path Diagnostics to run diagnostic tests of the encryption key path if the drive in your Model S4H, S5H, S6H, S7H, S8H, or S9H library is set up
for library-managed encryption. Key Path Diagnostics run tests for the tape drives, network connection, EKM path, and the EKM configuration.
Note: Verify the device is Offline at the host prior to exercising any service functions. Ensure that any media in the drive is moved from the drive.
The test consists of four parts:
Drive Test - The library completes a drive communication test to confirm communication with the drive Ethernet test.
Ethernet Test - The library pings each EKM server IP address and records the result.
EKM Path Test - The library completes an EKM communication test for each EKM server IP address that passed the Ethernet Test. The library sends an LDI Crypto
Diagnostics command to the drive. This drive command causes the drive to send a test message to the EKM verifying that the application is up and running.
EKM Config Test - The library completes an EKM configuration test for each EKM server IP address that passed the EKM Path Test. The library sends an LDI Crypto
Diagnostics command to the drive. This drive command causes the drive to establish a link and obtain a default key from the EKM. This test verifies that the drive is
correctly configured in the EKM.
Click Start to run the diagnostics tests.
Configuring date and time settings
Figure 1. Date and time settings screen
Configure the date and time settings with any of three methods: automatically with a remote NTP time server on the network, automatically with the clock on your host
computer, or manually.
Note:
1. If you manually set your date and time, you must reset the date and time after the library is power-cycled and after a library reset.
2. When the library is power-cycled, wait 10 seconds after the power is OFF before the library is powered ON again.
Once the network settings are entered on the Operator Panel, the current date and time can be modified with the Web User Interface.
The library communicates with an NTP server with the following conditions:
Client/server basis operation
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to access the NTP server
Does not use authentication keys
Library polling is every 12 hours
To modify the date and time settings, follow the procedure:
1. In the Configure Library menu in the left navigation panel of the Web User Interface, click Date and Time.
2. Select the Date and Time settings.
Select the Enable NTP Server checkbox to enable time and date control with a time server on the network.
NTP server address - Enter the IP address of the time server. IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported, depending on the TCP/IP settings. Host names
can be entered instead of numerical IP addresses if Use DNS is selected in the Network settings.
Time zone - Enter the time zone relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
If the time server is disabled, enter the local time and date manually.
Date - Enter the date with the MM/DD/YYYY format.
Time - Enter the time with the HH:MM:SS format.
Click Load PC date time to synchronize the library with the clock on your host computer at regular intervals.
3. Click Submit to update the settings.
Configuring email notifications
Email notifications can be configured to notify you when a library event takes place.
Figure 1. Email notifications
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