Chapter 1 Overview
Features
Features
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The library provides the following features:
• Automatic tape operations
• Library status display via the operator control panel (OCP):
• Tape drive status and activity
• Tape drive error status
• Magazine slot status
• Loaded tape cartridge conditions
• Mode control:
• Automatic random access to all tape cartridges
• Sequential access to tape cartridges in a single cycle
• Sequential access to tape cartridges in circular cycles
• Optional bar code reader reads the tape cartridge label bar
codes
• Optional auto clean mode automatically cleans drives
when required
• User selection of cartridges to be loaded into the tape drive
• SCSI ID selection via the OCP
• Tape drive microcode updates via the SCSI bus or cartridge
• Library code or firmware updates via SCSI bus
• Display device microcode and hardware revision numbers
• User directed tests for the library
• Embedded diagnostic software displays status for head
cleaning, library operation, and tape drive operations
Quantum|ATL PowerStor L200 Series Library User's Guide
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