General Information; Components; Figure 1-1. Powervault 130T Library - Dell PowerVault 130T DLT Service Manual

PowerVault 130T Service Manual
Chapter 1.

General Information

The PowerVault 130T Library is a self-contained, rack-mountable, fully automated
cartridge system that uses Digital Linear Tape (DLT) drives for data storage and
retrieval. An automated cartridge system is a removable-medium, robotic system
that mounts and dismounts cartridge tapes into cells for storage, tape drives for
read/write operations, or the cartridge access port (CAP) to remove or replace
cartridge tapes.
Figure 1–1. PowerVault 130T Library

Components

The PowerVault 130T has seven major components/features:
Robot
Electronics module
Operator panel
Cartridge access port
Small computer system interface attachment
Storage cells
Slots for up to four tape drives
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Components
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