password (Configuration > Set Admin Password)” (page 124)
. You will not be able to access the
administrator functions of the tape library from the RMI until the administrator password is set.
Screens that require entry of a password are indicated by a padlock icon on the menu list and
prompt the user to enter the password before allowing access to the restricted screens. Once
entered, the administrator password does not need to be entered a second time unless there is
no user activity for five minutes or unless the password locks are re-enabled.
Passwords must be exactly eight digits consisting of the numbers 0 through 9.
To enter a password when prompted, do the following:
1.
The left most digit of the password will be highlighted; each non-highlighted digit will appear
as an
X
. Use the
Up and
Down buttons until the correct digit is displayed. Use the
Left and
Right buttons to select the other digits and use the
Up and
Down buttons
to alter the values.
2.
Press
OK
to submit the password. The screen continues to the restricted area.
NOTE:
If you forget the administrator password, you cannot enter a new password. You
must call your customer service representative.
Illustrated menu option and navigation examples
The following examples illustrate how to use the menu options and navigation buttons to open
mailslots and to move media. Subsequent menu options described in this chapter do not include
step-by-step instructions.
Opening mailslots (Operations > Open Mailslots)
The mailslots are used only with host system software that supports this feature. The mailslot
feature allows you to insert or remove up to three tapes for the MSL4048 and MSL8084, or up
to 15 tapes for the MSL8096.
Left magazines are available without mailslots, with one mailslot, or with three mailslots. The
MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries are shipped with the 3-mailslot magazine on
the lower left side. Mailslot-capable left magazines are marked with a white dot on the lower right
corner that aligns with a white dot on the front bezel, as shown in
“Mailslot-capable magazine
and slot, each marked with a white dot” (page 117)
. Placing a mailslot magazine in any location
other than the lower-left location will result in the magazine being treated as a magazine with no
mailslots.
Figure 71 Mailslot-capable magazine and slot, each marked with a white dot
The library will eject the mailslot in the lower left magazine when instructed to open mailslots.
After the mailslot is closed, the library will inventory the tapes in the mailslot, but not the rest of
the tapes in the magazine, which allows the library to resume operations sooner.
On the MSL8096, the upper-right magazine can be configured as a 12–slot mailslot. All of the
right-side magazines are the same so it does not have a special marking. When instructed to
open both mailslots, the library first ejects the lower-left mailslot and then unlocks the upper-right
mailslot a few seconds later. The library does not
eject
the upper-right mailslot. The upper-right
mailslot remains unlocked until 30 seconds after the lower-left mailslot is replaced. After the
upper-right mailslot is replaced, the library inventories all of the tapes in the magazine. The OCP
displays a series of informative messages so you can see what the library is doing.
Using the MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 OCP
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