Magazines - Quantum Scalar i40 User Manual

Chapter 1: Description
Library Components

Magazines

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barcode number. Barcode labels are mandatory and must adhere to
specific standards. For more information on barcodes, see
Working With Cartridges and
Robots can only be replaced by a Quantum Support technician.
Magazines are removable and contain storage and import/export
station slots for cartridges. Each magazine has 20 slots, arranged in four
columns of five slots each. The Scalar i40 contains two magazines; the
Scalar i80 contains four. The right magazines provide up to five slots
each for use as an import/export (I/E) station. For more information on I/
E stations, see Configuring I/E Station Slots
The library will run if one or more magazines is open or removed;
however, it runs at reduced speed. The library will not move a cartridge
to an open or removed magazine, but it will move a cartridge to any of
the other installed magazines.
You can open the magazines using library software or manually. For
information, see Releasing Magazines
For information on removing and replacing magazines, see
and Replacing a Magazine
Magazine Slot Location Coordinates
Each slot in the installed magazine is numbered with location
coordinates. The library location coordinate contains three digits as
follows: [Magazine],[Column],[Slot].
magazines and list all of the location coordinates.
• Magazine — Library magazine level is represented by the first digit
of a library coordinate. In a Scalar i40, there is only one level of
magazine. The coordinate is always zero. In a Scalar i80 library, the
bottom magazines are indicated by a zero; the top magazines are
indicated by the number 1.
• Column — A storage column is a group of slots arranged vertically
in the library. Columns are represented by the second digit of a
library coordinate. Columns are identified relative to the front left of
the library. The column in the front left of the library is number 1.
The column numbering continues around the library in a clockwise
direction. The I/E station column is always number 8.
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