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Planning Guide

Quantum Scalar i6000 Library

6-66882-07 Rev A

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Page 1: ...Planning Guide Quantum Scalar i6000 Library 6 66882 07 Rev A...

Page 2: ...Quantum Corporation is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law TRADEMARK STATEMENT Quantum the Quantum logo DLT DLTtape the DLTtape logo SuperLoader Scalar StorNext and DX...

Page 3: ...l of Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2 Product Regulatory Model Number 2 Explanation of Symbols and Notes 3 Other Documents You Might Need 3 Contacts 4 Getting More Information or Help 4 Training...

Page 4: ...Library Control Path 33 Data Path34 Network 35 Operator Panel 35 Aisle Lights 38 Webcam 38 Managing Your Library Remotely 39 Slot Capacity 45 Capacity on Demand 45 Unlicensed Slots 46 Encryption and K...

Page 5: ...Positions 64 Module Floor Cutout 65 LTO Drive Requirements and Compatibility 67 Barcode Requirements 69 Chapter 4 Site Preparations 71 General Information 72 Physical Environment 74 Access Conditions...

Page 6: ...Contents vi Scalar i6000 Planning Guide...

Page 7: ...anual and in the System Safety and Regulatory Information Guide before operating this product This guide is intended to be used by system administrators information technology professionals and Quantu...

Page 8: ...the Electronic Industries Alliance at www eiae org For lamp specific disposal information check www lamprecycle org Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment This symbol on the product or on its...

Page 9: ...ant information that helps you make better use of your system Other Documents You Might Need The following documents are also available for this product These documents can be found on the product CD...

Page 10: ...of information including answers to frequently asked questions FAQs You can also access software firmware and drivers through this site For further assistance or if training is desired contact Quantum...

Page 11: ...as Gen 2 For Gen2 dual robot systems using i11 the two robots work in an active active manner where both robots are available to perform all move commands and operations Also new for i11 is the avail...

Page 12: ...y displays which generation of robot hardware is installed Select Monitor System from the menu click the Robot tab and look in the Generation column see Figure 1 Additionally the main screen of the li...

Page 13: ...vides a description of the following features and components Control Module on page 8 Expansion Modules on page 13 Dual Robot Configurations and Parking Modules on page 18 Library Management Module on...

Page 14: ...uch screen for local operator use For more information see Library Management Module on page 22 Operator Panel on page 35 The control module also contains all of the other components common to expansi...

Page 15: ...gure 2 Front and Back View of the Control Module Note A control module can only contain a 24 slot I E station Power supplies Library management Magazines module Drive Robot Gen 1 24 slot and cartridge...

Page 16: ...escription Control Module 10 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Figure 3 Magazine and Drive Location in the Single Robotics Control Module 24 slot I E cartridge magazines drives or storage station door side...

Page 17: ...Chapter 2 Description Control Module Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 11 Figure 4 Magazine and Drive Location in the Dual Robotics Control Module Rack 1 back Rack 2 door...

Page 18: ...e up to 14 additional magazines that are unavailable in single robotics configurations Figure 5 shows where the additional magazines are located Figure 5 Additional Storage Available in Dual Robotics...

Page 19: ...e SEM does not support drives it can be field upgraded to a DREM if drives are needed in the future The SEM supports up to 456 cartridge slots but the slots are reduced when an I E station is installe...

Page 20: ...11 release standard expansion modules in positions 9 through 16 are no longer restricted to storage only Now all standard expansion modules can accommodate the following functional units I O Managemen...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 Description Expansion Modules Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 15 Figure 6 Front and Internal Side View Expansion Module with 72 slot I E station 72 slot I E station...

Page 22: ...ules 16 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Figure 7 Magazine and Drive Locations in Expansion Modules with a 24 slot I E Station 24 slot I E station cartridge magazines DREM drive drive side door side option...

Page 23: ...dules Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 17 Figure 8 Magazine and Drive Locations in Standard Expansion Modules with a 72 slot I E Station 72 slot I E station magazines DREM drive optional drive side door si...

Page 24: ...pgrading to dual robotics you will receive a left parking module to add onto your existing system This increases your system size so you must take this into account when planning for an upgrade The ri...

Page 25: ...gure 9 Dual Robotics Library No HDEM Side panels doors and door posts have been removed for clarity Control module Position 1 Left parking space left most two columns Expansion module Position 2 Right...

Page 26: ...scription Dual Robot Configurations and Parking Modules 20 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Figure 10 Left Parking Module Slot Configuration Dual Robot Only Rack 1 rear wall Rack 2 door Columns unavailable...

Page 27: ...Parking Modules Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 21 Figure 11 Right Parking Module Slot Configuration Dual Robotics Only Rack 1 rear wall Rack 2 door columns unavailable for storage Optional DREM drive cl...

Page 28: ...he storage area network SAN components It is also the interface for managing the library remotely and handles encryption key managment EKM Note An MCB 2 0 is required for any system to upgrade to i11...

Page 29: ...Chapter 2 Description Library Management Module Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 23 Figure 12 Library Management Module Boards Management control blade MCB...

Page 30: ...e installed in the control module and expansion modules The I O management unit supports the following blades Control Management Blade Fibre Channel I O Blades Ethernet Expansion Blades When FC I O bl...

Page 31: ...lades or directly attached to a host Note If library firmware is at level 630Q or later DLT tape drives are no longer supported We recommend that you connect directly to the host FC to take advantage...

Page 32: ...g Guide Figure 13 I O Management Unit Bay 1 Not used Bay 3 FCB 1 Bay 5 FCB 3 Bay 7 EEB for lower drive cluster Bay 2 CMB Bay 4 FCB 2 Bay 6 FCB 4 Bay 8 EEB for upper drive cluster CMB Control Managemen...

Page 33: ...Each 24 slot I E station has a capacity of 24 LTO cartridges that are located in four removable magazines The 72 slot I E station consists of two side by side 36 slot I E stations that can operate in...

Page 34: ...r and lower drive clusters Each library must have at least one tape drive Each drive cluster can house up to six tape drives for a total of 12 drives per module Additional drives can be added to any D...

Page 35: ...RM supported LTO 3 tape drives WORM supported LTO 4 tape drives WORM supported LTO 5 tape drives WORM supported LTO 6 tape drives WORM allows non erasable data to be written once and provides extra da...

Page 36: ...8 Right parking module dual robotics e 12 min 38 max 72 min 228 max a Control module The minimum is based on having 12 drives and one 24 slot I E station installed The maximum is based on having one d...

Page 37: ...es with the dust cover have interlocked stacking that enables easier storage of the media when they are removed from the library Cartridges Cartridges are stored in magazines within the library and id...

Page 38: ...r system may consist of the following A single power switch located on the front door of the control module turns on and off all power for the control module and attached expansion modules Each power...

Page 39: ...drive installed in the library The drive must be attached to an Ethernet Expansion blade For more information see the Scalar i6000 User s Guide IBM LTO 5 or LTO 6 Native Fibre Channel Ethernet Expans...

Page 40: ...he nSNW or SNW options are purchased Data Path The data paths are used to send commands and data to tape drives The Scalar i6000 offers three different data path options Native Storage Networking nSNW...

Page 41: ...ble with a 1 Gb Ethernet port This port is shared for connectivity of the remote user interface and any encryption key management solution used for library managed encryption Operator Panel The operat...

Page 42: ...imary areas Title bar provides the library name Menu bar provides menu access to all library management commands Tool bar provides quick access to the most commonly executed functions Library informat...

Page 43: ...nt Console For additional information on the touch screen and the LMC refer to the Scalar i6000 User s Guide Media slot usage Configuration summary and date Current time System status Data transfer st...

Page 44: ...00 s have the necessary hardware features The Control Module serial number in your i2000 i6000 library configuration must be at least 203102253 or begin with 263 Note For the aisle lights to automatic...

Page 45: ...interface using Java RMI communications This enables the library to provide end users with status changes and events as they occur At a high level remote access can be managed using security functions...

Page 46: ...anaging multiple internal Scalar i6000s For most organizations a single administrator will not be managing all storage resources In this instance as shown in Figure 17 multiple administrators and even...

Page 47: ...rmine who can access a corporate network By using VPN the LMC client appears to be inside the firewall and have unrestricted access when communicating with the library While a VPN is recommended custo...

Page 48: ...e in which multiple internal clients manage a single Scalar i6000 For example Figure 18 shows network operation data center staff providing monitoring services of specific resources Administrators are...

Page 49: ...ecific port and forwarding them to a single IP device In this case port forwarding would be configured so that all communications to the Java RMI server port 1099 would be directed to the IP address o...

Page 50: ...rewall Many customers use a layered system of firewalls to safeguard resources In the scenario shown in Figure 19 a customer may have multiple Scalar i6000s which need to be administered by internal s...

Page 51: ...types of slot capacities in Scalar i6000 physical capacity and licensed capacity Physical capacity is added to a library by adding expansion modules to a configuration Either DREMs SEMs or HDEMs can b...

Page 52: ...ncryption and Key Management Solutions The Scalar i6000 supports library managed encryption systems These encryption systems use a centralized key manager application to generate protect store and man...

Page 53: ...5 Fibre Channel IBM LTO 6 Fibre Channel Scalar Key Manager SKM HP LTO 4 Fibre Channel HP LTO 5 Fibre Channel HP LTO 6 Fibre Channel IBM LTO 5 nFC EEB required IBM LTO 6 nFC EEB required RSA Key Manag...

Page 54: ...Chapter 2 Description Encryption and Key Management Solutions 48 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide...

Page 55: ...de Performance Specifications on page 50 Environmental Specifications on page 50 Electrical Specifications on page 51 Library Connection Types and Speeds on page 56 Physical Specifications Pallet on p...

Page 56: ...Table 2 Environmental Specifications Temperature Humidity Altitude BTU Heat Dissipation Minimuma Maximumb LTO 50 F 95 F 10 C 35 C c 15 75 10 000 ft 375 kwh 1280 BTU hour 5 98 kwh 28175 BTU hour a Con...

Page 57: ...the right parking module requires a power source if it is in position 2 through 8 Caution You must install your library with two independent power sources to have redundant power You will not have re...

Page 58: ...02918 01 20 North America 208 15 NEMA L6 15 9 01488 04 15 International 240 16 IEC60309 2P Ed 9 02292 01 20b or 16c For HDEM North America 110 20 NEMA 5 20 9 02947 01 20 International 240 16 IEC 60309...

Page 59: ...e 53 Supported Power Connectors The supported power connectors are shown in Figure 20 and Figure 21 Figure 20 Supported Power Connectors Figure 21 Supported Power Connectors HDEM IEC 60309 NEMA L6 30...

Page 60: ...additional drive 0 446 0 223 050 167 0 8 Maximum 12 drives 8 31 4 2 0 92 3121 7 5 I O management unit 0 69 0 35 0 075 258 1 5 Each FC I O blade 1 0 0 5 0 110 376 2 Ethernet Expansion Blade EEB 0 091 0...

Page 61: ...H Robot Operating Total Number Drives 12 12 12 12 6 3 1 0 Operational Drives 12 6 3 1 6 3 1 0 KW 0 77 0 76 0 75 0 74 0 54 0 48 0 35 0 31 KVA 0 82 0 8 0 79 0 79 0 58 0 52 0 38 0 35 KVAR capacitive 0 28...

Page 62: ...14 Power Factor 0 94 0 94 0 94 0 94 0 95 0 93 0 92 0 91 Crest Factor 1 68 1 69 1 7 1 7 1 69 1 61 1 56 1 58 Amps RMS 4 06 3 92 4 04 3 91 2 78 2 31 1 93 1 75 Amps Peak 7 227 7 244 7 078 7 122 7 045 4 42...

Page 63: ...This section contains the physical specifications for all possible library configurations The maximum weight distributed load and point load figures provided in the sections below were calculated usin...

Page 64: ...ion 0 A high density expansion module HDEM cannot be a parking module Upgrading from a Gen 1 or Gen 2 single robot to a dual robot library requires one additional module installed to the left the left...

Page 65: ...240 I E slots total Basic Building Blocks Table 8 provides specifications for the common building blocks to help you calculate your specific configuration Table 8 Basic Building Blocks Components Weig...

Page 66: ...undant power media 882 lb 401 kg 70 2 lb in2 4 9 kg cm2 77 4 in 196 6 cm 23 6 in 59 9 cm 38 3 in 97 3 cm DREM Fully loaded drives redundant power 24 slot I E media 882 lb 401 kg 70 2 lb in2 4 9 kg cm2...

Page 67: ...ure 22 and Figure 23 The smallest dual robotics library configuration is a three frame system It consists of one control module a left parking module and a right parking module The minimum with an HDE...

Page 68: ...Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Figure 23 Gen 2 single robot configuration Figure 24 Dual robot configuration control module expansion modules back position 1 positions 2 16 left parking module control m...

Page 69: ...ations Physical Specifications Library Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 63 Figure 25 Dual robot HDEM configuration left parking module control module HDEMs back position 0 position 1 positions 2 15 right p...

Page 70: ...d positions looking down from the top are shown in Figure 26 The foot pad positions are the same for the control module expansion modules HDEMs and parking modules Figure 26 Library Module Foot Pad Po...

Page 71: ...or cutouts are the same for the control module expansion modules and parking modules However the HDEM has a different module floor cutout as seen in Figure 29 and Figure 30 Note Floor cutouts can be u...

Page 72: ...Chapter 3 System Specifications Module Floor Cutout 66 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Figure 28 Module Floor Cutout Front View Figure 29 HDEM Floor Cutout Bottom View cutout cutout front...

Page 73: ...ity The control module and any drive ready expansion module including the right parking module in dual robot configurations can each contain up to 12 FC linear tape open format tape drives LTO 1 LTO 2...

Page 74: ...ead LTO 1 they do not write to the LTO 1 Reads Writesc c LTO 3 drives do not reformat LTO 2 cartridges to contain the same density as the LTO 3 cartridges 400 GB The LTO 3 drives will write to the LTO...

Page 75: ...length may not be printable according to the Code 39 label specifications for the tape cartridge area to which the label is attached The effective tape cartridge barcode label length including any me...

Page 76: ...hapter 3 System Specifications Barcode Requirements 70 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide No black marks should be present in the intermediate spaces or rest zones No white areas should be present on the bar...

Page 77: ...l sheets as needed This chapter provides the following information General Information on page 72 Physical Environment on page 74 Access Conditions on page 76 Required Configuration Information on pag...

Page 78: ...e Preparations General Information 72 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide General Information Place any additional information in Additional Comments on page 85 Customer name Mailing address Shipping address...

Page 79: ...er 4 Site Preparations General Information Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 73 Telephone Quantum sales rep Quantum account manager Installation contact Telephone Target installation date Target operational...

Page 80: ...reparations Physical Environment 74 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Physical Environment Place any additional information in Additional Comments on page 85 Room dimension Ceiling projection Floor type Flo...

Page 81: ...Physical Environment Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 75 Fire protection Seismic bracing If seismic bracing is being used verify that the seismic bracing solution is supported prior to installation Type o...

Page 82: ...ns 76 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Access Conditions Access to the library room elevator stairs door widths etc Dimensions and location of the smallest door or opening Loading dock specifications dock...

Page 83: ...parations Access Conditions Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 77 Semitrailer accessibility Y or N Preferred required local carrier company Where is the trailer location for staging Availability of material...

Page 84: ...r 4 Site Preparations Access Conditions 78 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide Location for uncrating Preferred time of day for unloading and moving materials Off hours weekends accessibility for installation...

Page 85: ...Chapter 4 Site Preparations Access Conditions Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 79 Procedure for obtaining building passes Procedure for scheduling the elevator loading dock Waste disposal considerations...

Page 86: ...Planning Guide Bargaining unit considerations Other considerations Required Configuration Information The following is some of the information that will be needed during installation of the library P...

Page 87: ...uration Information Scalar i6000 Planning Guide 81 License string IP address internal IP addresses of the two network time protocol NTP servers 1 2 SNMP server SNMP account SNMP sender address Subnet...

Page 88: ...e visible on the SAN This is necessary because the Scalar i6000 Extended Virtual Private SAN eVPS feature can only grant LUN access to WWNs it discovers on the SAN at the time of configuration Are all...

Page 89: ...For example Fabric A to Fabric B failover is NOT supported Switch fabric zoning strategy MUST use the WWPN strategy Both FC ports on the tape drive must be connected to an NPIV supported switch and b...

Page 90: ...fore the upgrade Sufficient physical space The dual robotics library upgrade requires a left parking module to be installed to the left of the control module Make sure you have sufficient space for th...

Page 91: ...ber additional sheets as necessary Requirement Scalar i6000 Scalar i2000 libraries must be upgraded to Scalar i6000 before upgrading to Gen 2 robotics No DLT tape drives media or magazines Gen 2 robot...

Page 92: ...Chapter 4 Site Preparations Additional Comments 86 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide...

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