Qualstar Q24, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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Q24 Tape Library Installation and Operations Manual
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1 Product Overview and Features
This manual provides information about installing, operating, troubleshooting and servicing a Qualstar
Q24 Tape Library. It is intended for system administrators and general users who need physical and
functional knowledge of the Q24 Tape Library.
The Q24 Tape Library provides a compact, high capacity, low‐cost solution for simple, unattended data
backup. It is compatible with most host operating systems and environments provided that the host is
equipped with the appropriate interface card. However, the library requires either direct support from
the operating system or a compatible backup application to take full advantage of its many features.
Major characteristics of the Q24 Library include:
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Platform – support for either one or two half‐height LTO5 or LTO6 tape drives
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Connectivity – Fibre Channel (FC) and/or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) depending upon
installed tape drives
 Expandability – an additional half‐height tape drive may be field‐installed in a library equipped
with a single drive
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Technology upgrade – tape drive technologies can be upgraded in the field (i.e. LTO5 to LTO6)
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Service friendly design – easy access to magazines, tape drives, library controller and power
supply for field replacement
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Maximum up time – through advanced error handling and recovery capability
The Q24 Library includes the following features:
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USB interface to enable serviceability features (library and drive firmware upgrades) and/or
customized features (storage on demand) implementation
 The library can be operated via the front operator control panel (OCP), over the network or the
Internet via the integral remote management unit (RMU), or via the storage interface connection
from the host application
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Supports industry standard management protocols such as SNMP (SMI‐S future development)
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One mail slot for import/export of cartridges during library operation
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Media changer with barcode reader
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Rack‐mounted or standalone operation
1.1 Hardware Configuration
Height: 2U Tape drives: 1 or 2 half‐height drives
Number of magazines: 2 (12 slots each) Power supply: 1
Number of mail slots: 1 Library controller: 1
Number of tape slots: 23