1.
Remove one of the magazines from the library with the RMI or OCP:
•
RMI: see
“Releasing and replacing the magazines” (page 82)
.
•
MSL2024 OCP: see
“Unlocking, removing, and replacing magazines (Operations >
Unlock Left or Right Magazine)” (page 104)
.
•
MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 OCP: see
“Unlocking, removing and replacing
magazines (Operations > Unlock Left/Right Magazines)” (page 127)
.
The library will not perform any other action while a magazine is out of the device.
2.
Insert the tape cartridges into the slots. See
“Magazines” (page 47)
.
3.
Replace the magazine into the library.
4.
Repeat steps 1 through 3for each of the other magazines.
Verifying the installation
Verify that the device has the current firmware revision.
To see the firmware revision on the MSL2024 front panel:
1.
From the Home screen, press
Next
until the display shows
Status/Information
. Press
Enter
.
2.
Press
Next
until the display shows
Library Information
. Press
Enter
.
3.
Press
Next
until the display shows the
Firmware Rev
.
To see the firmware revision on the MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 front panel:
1.
Use the control keys to navigate to
Info > Identity > Library
.
2.
The
Library Controller FW Revision
field shows the library firmware revision.
To find the current firmware revision, visit the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support website at
http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc
.
If necessary, update the device firmware:
•
From the RMI, see
“Determining and updating firmware ” (page 84)
.
•
From the MSL2024 OCP, see
“Upgrading firmware (Support > Library FW Upgrade, Support>
Drive FW Upgrade)” (page 109)
.
•
From the MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 OCP, see
“Updating library and drive firmware
(Support > FW Upgrade)” (page 129)
.
•
Using Library and Tape Tools (L&TT), which can be downloaded free of charge from
http://
www.hpe.com/support/TapeTools
.
After configuring the tape library, you can save the configuration settings to a USB flash drive
from the OCP or to a file from the RMI
Configuration > Save/Restore
screen. Having a backup
of the tape library configuration is helpful when recovering from a configuration error, setting up
multiple devices with similar configurations, or if the tape library needs service. See
“Saving and
restoring the device configuration and restoring factory defaults” (page 80)
.
Configuring additional features
The tape library has many features to customize it for your organization.
•
Naming the tape library, which is done from the RMI Configuration > Network screen. See
“Changing the network configuration” (page 73)
.
•
Partitioning a library with multiple tape drives into logical libraries. See
“Changing the system
configuration” (page 66)
.
•
Enabling and configuring SNMP network management or Command View TL TapeAssure.
See
“Configuration > Network Management” (page 75)
.
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