Library Components; Library Cabinet; Front Panel - HP ESL E-Series User Manual

Library Overview

Library components

The ESL E-Series tape library consists of the following major components:

Library cabinet

The cabinet houses all library components, including:
You can access these components through the front and back doors of the library
cabinet.

Front panel

The front of the library cabinet (see
16
Library cabinet, page 16
Operator control panel
Library robotics, page 21
Tape drives, page 22
Load ports and magazines, page 26
Card cage and controllers, page 28
Interface Manager card, page 32
Media picker
Storage bins
Control electronics
Power supply and distribution equipment
Tape drives
Card cage with Fibre Channel (FC) interface controllers and robotics
controller
Interface Manager card
The front doors provide easy access to the media picker and the storage array.
The viewing window makes it possible to visually monitor library operations.
An Operator Control Panel (OCP) in the center of the door enables you to
monitor and control library operations.
Two configurable load ports allow easy insertion of cartridges without
opening the library door.
(OCP), page 19
Figure 1) provides the following:
ESL E-Series Tape Library User's Guide