Drive Assignments; Neo 2000E Partition Setup - Overland Storage NEO Series User Manual

NEO 2000e/4000e User Guide
Reserved slots are taken from the last magazine and set aside for cleaning tapes or as a slot-
reduction method to meet host software requirements. These slots are not part of any
partition but are accessible by all partitions. If all magazines are used in the partitions, the
slot count of the last partition is reduced by number of reserved slots.
NOTE: Use care when setting up reserved slots in a NEO 2000e or a NEO 4000e with 3:1, 1:2:1,

Drive Assignments

IMPORTANT: At least two drives must be installed in the library system to enable partitioning. Any
drives (or magazines) that are NOT included in a partition are no longer accessible by the library
while it is partitioned.
Each partition must have at least one of the library drives assigned to it. As such, the
maximum number of partitions is equal to the total number of drives in a library.

NEO 2000e Partition Setup

IMPORTANT: A Partitioning Feature Key must be entered before starting this process. If partitioning
was purchased with the library, the key has already been entered and a label is located inside the
left door. If partitioning was purchased later as an add-on, it can be activated using either the Web
Management Interface (Setup > Feature Key) or the library front panel (Menu > Maintenance >
Enter Feature Key).
NOTE: To cancel the partitioning any time before completion, click the Setup button.
To configure partitions on your library:
1. Login to the Web Management Interface using Administrator (User Level 2)
security.
2. Click Setup > Configure Partitions.
The first Partition 1 configuration screen is displayed.
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2:1:1, or 1:1:1:1 partition configurations since the final partition consists of just a single
magazine and only has 15 slots in the partition.
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