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Adding tape storage devices to the list, Viewing and editing tape device details, Devices, Cartridges

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Select a device to display its details in the lower half of the page. There are four tabs in the Details section: Devices, Cartridges, Support and Software. Adding tape storage devices to the list Devices appear in the list as long as they are connected at power on. If you subsequently attach an external or rack-mounted tape storage device after power on, click Rescan to add it to the list of devices. IMPORTANT: When using a physical tape library or autoloader connected to the D2D device, always ensure that when first connected or prior to a rescan, all cartridges within the device have been returned to their slots. In order to do this it may be necessary to move cartridges from the tape drive(s) to their slots manually via the library front panel. Failure to do this will result in tape offload jobs failing to start and remaining in queued state." Viewing and editing tape device details Select a specific tape device and click the Devices tab to display additional information about it and any embedded tape drives. This information tells you the device's serial number and software version. For tape libraries, it also tells you the total number of slots, mail slots and embedded tape drives. Details for any embedded tape drives are included below the tape device details. You can use this to find out the Ultrium generation of the embedded tape drive, its serial number and software version and the barcode of any cartridge that is loaded. Click Edit. You can only change the Name of the tape device. This is the name that is used to identify the tape device on the HP D2D Web Management Interface. None of the other details may be edited. 186 Extra information for G1 products

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Select a device to display its details in the lower half of the page. There are four tabs in the Details
section:
Devices
,
Cartridges
,
Support
and
Software
.
Adding tape storage devices to the list
Devices appear in the list as long as they are connected at power on. If you subsequently attach an
external or rack-mounted tape storage device after power on, click
Rescan
to add it to the list of
devices.
IMPORTANT:
When using a physical tape library or autoloader connected to the D2D device, always ensure that
when first connected or prior to a rescan, all cartridges within the device have been returned to their
slots. In order to do this it may be necessary to move cartridges from the tape drive(s) to their slots
manually via the library front panel. Failure to do this will result in tape offload jobs failing to start
and remaining in queued state.
”
Viewing and editing tape device details
Select a specific tape device and click the
Devices
tab to display additional information about it and
any embedded tape drives. This information tells you the device's serial number and software version.
For tape libraries, it also tells you the total number of slots, mail slots and embedded tape drives.
Details for any embedded tape drives are included below the tape device details. You can use this
to find out the Ultrium generation of the embedded tape drive, its serial number and software version
and the barcode of any cartridge that is loaded.
Click
Edit
. You can only change the
Name
of the tape device. This is the name that is used to identify
the tape device on the HP D2D Web Management Interface. None of the other details may be edited.
Extra information for G1 products
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