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Load ports and magazines
The load ports are mechanical devices in the front panel of the library that enable
you to import or export tape cartridges to and from the library via three columns
of tape cartridge magazines, two magazines per column, without interrupting
library operations. Removable magazines are available for both the left and right
load ports with either SDLT or LTO slots.
There are 2 tape cartridge magazines in the left load port, and 4 in the right (see
). The number of tape cartridges in these magazines differs between the
lists LTO slot count for various configurations of
libraries with removable magazines;
lists LTO slot count for various
configurations of libraries with fixed magazines;
lists SDLT slot count for
various configurations of libraries with removable magazines;
slot count for various configurations of libraries with fixed magazines.
Figure 6: Load ports (left and right)
1
Left load port (16 SDLT or 18 Ultrium)
2
Right load port (32 SDLT or 36 Ultrium)
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