Component Identifiers - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual

Chapter 2 — Architecture Overview
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The library's BlueScale interface uses a drive's or QIP's location relative to
the DBA in which it is installed to identify it.
relationship between the DBAs and the drives and QIPs installed in them.
Figure 21 The relationship between QIPs and drive locations and their identifiers (T380 shown).
QIP Identifiers
QIPs are identified in the library's BlueScale interface as DBAx/Y-QIPx,
where:
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DENTIFIERS
DBAx is the number of the drive bay assembly (DBA) containing the
QIP (see Figure 21). The T200 library accommodates one or two DBAs;
the T380 and T680 accommodate from one to three DBAs.
Y is the QIP type (F for Fibre Channel or E for Gigabit Ethernet)
QIPx is the number of the controller bay in the DBA. Each DBA contains
one controller bay, so x is always 1.
Figure 21 shows the
Drive 3 Drive 4
DBA 3
Drive 1 Drive 2
Drive 3
Drive 4
DBA 2
Drive 1 Drive 2
Drive 3 Drive 4
DBA1
Drive 1 Drive 2
QIP
3
QIP
2
QIP
1
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