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A Extra information for G1 products Overview The information in this section is for users who have one of the older G1 products: • HP D2D2502/2503/2504 G1 Backup Systems • HP D2D4004/4009 G1 Backup Systems • HP D2D4112 G1 Backup Systems How do I know whether I have a G1 or G2 Backup System? The generation can be identified from the Summary page and the Software page of the Web Management Interface. Look at the Type field, which will state G1 or G2 or look at the Software Revision field. If it shows 1.x.xx software, it is a G1 product; if it shows 2.x.xx software, it is a G2 product. Major differences This section highlights areas where the information provided in the main body of this user guide is different for G1 products. It does not provide a definitive list of technical differences. Please refer to the product specs for detailed information. VTL devices G1 products do not support ESL-e or EML-e library emulation and never support more than four drives per library. There may be other restrictions on emulation types that are available depending upon product type. Unsupported emulation types are not available for selection on the Devices page. The maximum number of libraries and drives that are supported per G1 appliance is given in the following table. Table 32 Maximum number of libraries and drives per G1 appliance HP D2D2502i Max libraries 4 Max drives per 4 library Max slots per 48 library (D2DBS) HP D2D2503i 6 1 48 HP D2D2504i 8 4 HP D2D4004 /4009 16 4 48 96 HP D2D4112 24 4 144 NOTE: It is only possible to exceed the maximum physical limitation of 64 devices when configuring the HP D2D4112 Backup System. Creating cartridges The procedure is as described in the main guide, apart from the following note that applies if you are using Tape Attach. NOTE: When you import a cartridge, you need an empty mail slot and an empty cartridge to which the backup application can move the imported data. Therefore, you may wish to leave a slot whose cartridge has been exported empty, rather than creating a new cartridge. Or to create a slot, edit the Total No Of Cartridge Slots on the Devices page. NAS devices G1 products do not support NFS NAS shares; they only support CIFS NAS shares. Overview 153

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A Extra information for G1 products
Overview
The information in this section is for users who have one of the older G1 products:
•
HP D2D2502/2503/2504 G1 Backup Systems
•
HP D2D4004/4009 G1 Backup Systems
•
HP D2D4112 G1 Backup Systems
How do I know whether I have a G1 or G2 Backup System?
The generation can be identified from the Summary page and the Software page of the Web
Management Interface. Look at the
Type
field, which will state G1 or G2 or look at the
Software
Revision
field. If it shows 1.x.xx software, it is a G1 product; if it shows 2.x.xx software, it is a G2
product.
Major differences
This section highlights areas where the information provided in the main body of this user guide
is different for G1 products. It does not provide a definitive list of technical differences. Please refer
to the product specs for detailed information.
VTL devices
G1 products do not support ESL-e or EML-e library emulation and never support more than four
drives per library. There may be other restrictions on emulation types that are available depending
upon product type. Unsupported emulation types are not available for selection on the Devices
page. The maximum number of libraries and drives that are supported per G1 appliance is given
in the following table.
Table 32 Maximum number of libraries and drives per G1 appliance
HP D2D4112
HP D2D4004
/4009
HP D2D2504i
HP D2D2503i
HP D2D2502i
24
16
8
6
4
Max libraries
4
4
4
1
4
Max drives per
library
144
96
48
48
48
Max slots per
library (D2DBS)
NOTE:
It is only possible to exceed the maximum physical limitation of 64 devices when
configuring the HP D2D4112 Backup System.
Creating cartridges
The procedure is as described in the main guide, apart from the following note that applies if you
are using Tape Attach.
NOTE:
When you import a cartridge, you need an empty mail slot and an empty cartridge to
which the backup application can move the imported data. Therefore, you may wish to leave a
slot whose cartridge has been exported empty, rather than creating a new cartridge. Or to create
a slot, edit the
Total No Of Cartridge Slots
on the Devices page.
NAS devices
G1 products do not support NFS NAS shares; they only support CIFS NAS shares.
Overview
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