Insert/Eject Station; Connectivity; San Connectivity - Quantum Scalar 1000 Operator's Manual

Connectivity

2-14 System Description

Insert/Eject Station

The Insert/Eject (I/E) Station allows insertion and ejection of
cartridges without interrupting the normal operation of the
library.
The I/E Station is designed to handle cartridge magazines.
Each magazine is capable of holding six ½-inch cartridges or
nine AIT cartridges. A maximum of two magazines of any
types can be present in the I/E Station. To locate the I/E
Station, see Figure 2-1 on page 2-5.
The Scalar 1000 offers several different connectivity options,
allowing the library to support a wide range of backup
topologies and applications. Flexible library connectivity
delivers active support for loop and switched fabric Fibre
Channel protocols, along with SCSI.

SAN Connectivity

The Scalar 1000 can be connected to a Fibre Channel Storage
Area Network (SAN) via the SNC.
For LTO-2 drives, each SNC 5100 controls up to three drives.
With 4 SNCs, you can connect 12 drives.
For other drives, each SNC 5100 controls up to four drives.
With 3 SNCs, you can connect 12 drives.
The SNC provides four SCSI bus connections, one ethernet,
and two Fibre Channel connections. The SNC allows native
SCSI devices (for example: robot controller and tape drives) to
be seen by any hosts that are attached to the SAN.
The library controller and the tape drives access the SAN via
the SNCs that can be installed in a Scalar 1000 CM or EM. See
Figure 2-4 on page 2-15.
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