
JULY 2007 MAGNUM 224, MAGNUM 448, STORAGELIBRARY T24, OR STORAGELOADER 2U
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UNDERSTANDING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
3.4.2 RETRIEVING CARTRIDGE INVENTORY INFORMATION
After the library inventory has completed, you can retrieve the inventory
information by issuing a READ ELEMENT STATUS (B8h) command (see
Chapter 15).
3.4.3 TYPES OF INFORMATION STORED IN THE CARTRIDGE
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NVENTORY
As described in this section, the cartridge inventory contains the following
information for every element location:
Element address
Element occupied status
Bar code label information
Tape drive accessible status
Cartridge pick and put (place) retry counts
Total number of cartridge picks and puts (places)
Source element address
Element Addresses
The cartridge inventory contains an Element Address field for each element
location. You use element addresses to reference element locations when you
issue SCSI commands to the library, when specifying sources and destinations
for operator panel move operations, and when performing diagnostics. If
desired, you can change element addresses using the MODE SELECT (15h)
command (see Chapter 9).
Magnum 224, T24, or SL 2U Element Addresses The default element
addresses for the library are listed in Ta b l e 3 - 1 . The addresses change when
you enable the I/E port and the fixed cleaning cell. See “Magnum 224, T24, or
SL 2U Element Addresses” on page 2-3 for additional information.
Table 3-1 Magnum 224, T24, or SL 2U default element addresses
Element Type Default Element
Address
All storage elements (Magnum 224 or T24)
All storage elements (StorageLoader 2U)
1h to 18h
1h to 14h
Data transfer element
(tape drive)
Second half height
Bottom half height
52h
51h
Full height 51h
Medium transport
(robot)
61h
I/E Port element
(cartridge access port)
a
a
If enabled.
71h
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