Configuration Information for Firmware Version 4.29

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1 NEO SERIES Configuration Information for Firmware Version 4.29 This document contains information on the configuration options for the NEO SERIES tape libraries. 1

2 Description of Configuration Options The items available in the Edit Options menu are as follows: Library Options NEO Config Info 429 Library Remains Offline After Power-up Initialization: Library does not go online after power-up initialization. You must select the Online option from the Menu screen on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) touch screen. The default is Disabled. Auto Power-Up An Installed Drive: Enables a tape drive to be automatically powered up (after a delay), after replacing a tape drive if you do not explicitly power up the tape drive from the GUI touch screen. The default is Enabled. Unload Mode: Lets you determine whether a SCSI Move Medium command is interpreted as Implicit or Explicit. If Implicit, the library unloads a tape drive before attempting to move a cartridge from that tape drive. If Explicit, the host may issue a SCSI UNLOAD command to a tape drive before each MOVE MEDIUM command that removes a cartridge from that tape drive. The library does not require the tape to be unloaded first to execute a host initiated MOVE MEDIUM command when the option is set to Explicit. The default is Implicit. Total Reserved Slots: Lets you reserve up to 13 data cartridge slots for DLT tape drive libraries and up to 15 data cartridge slots for LTO tape drive libraries. The reserved slots are removed from the list of available data cartridge slots that are reported to the host software. The reserved slots are the last slots in the right magazine of the LXN2000 and the last slots in the lower right magazine of the LXN4000. For multi-module systems, the reserved slots are in the master module. The reserved slots can be used to store cleaning cartridges for manual cleaning and for the Auto Clean Mode. Reserved slots are labeled Clng n in the Status window. The default is 0 reserved slots. Auto Clean Mode: Lets you disable or enable an automatic cleaning cycle. To use this option, you must have reserved one or more slots for cleaning cartridges using the Total Reserved Slots option. The default is Disabled. Drive and Slot Numbering: Lets you specify whether SCSI elements in the library begin with either zero or one. This only affects the GUI touch screen, not the actual SCSI element addresses. The default is One Based. Library Mode: Lets you set the robotics operating mode to Random, Sequential Drive 1, Sequential Drive n (two or more drives) or Sequential Split. Sequential Drive n and Sequential Split requires two or more drives in the library. The default is Random. Sequential mode is not available with multi-module configurations or libraries that are partitioned. Random mode is the normal operating mode that gives complete control of the robotics to the host software. 2

3 Sequential mode is locally controlled. Sequential operations begin with any cartridge loaded into Drive 1 (Sequential Drive 1) or Drive n (Sequential Drive n). The library monitors the status of the drive and when the host unloads the cartridge from the drive, it returns the cartridge to the magazine, and then loads the next cartridge in magazine numerical order. This operation continues until all of the cartridges have been loaded, or until an empty slot is encountered. Sequential Split mode operates as above but dedicates the magazines as follows: LXN 2000 Left Magazine Drive 1 Right Magazine Drive 2 LXN 4000 Upper Left Magazine Drive 1 Upper Right Magazine Drive 2 Lower Left Magazine Drive 3 Lower Right Magazine Drive 4 Sequential Mode: Lets you select Normal or Recirculate mode of sequential operation. The default is Normal. Normal mode operates as described above in Library Mode. Recirculate mode, instead of stopping after the cartridge in the last slot for the drive has been unloaded by the host, continues the operation by loading the first cartridge for the drive. Recirculation will continue until an empty slot is encountered or the operator unloads the tape using the GUI touch screen. LCD Contrast Adjust: Lets you increase or decrease the contrast of the LCD display. The incremental steps range from 0 to 31. The default is 16. Mail Slot Mode: Lets you enable or disable the mail slot in the left magazine(s) of the library. For multi-module systems, the mail slot(s) in the master and each slave module can be individually enabled or disabled. The default is Mail Slot Enabled. Barcode Label Size: Lets you limit the length of the barcode label reported in the response to the SCSI Read Element Status command and shown in the cartridge map displays. This is to accommodate software that requires that barcode labels be less than eight characters. The possible settings are 1 through 8. The default is 8 Characters. Barcode Label Alignment: Lets you set the alignment of the barcode label information reported in the response to the SCSI Read Element Status command. The settings are Left and Right. When used in conjunction with the label size option, it can strip unwanted trailing characters (left alignment) or unwanted leading characters (right alignment). The default is Left Alignment. Barcode Label Check Digit: Lets you enable or disable the verification of a check digit character in the barcode label. For barcode labels without the check character, select Disabled. For barcode labels with the check character, select Enable Check, Send [the 3

4 check character to the host] or Enable Check, Don't Send [the check character to the host]. If disabled and a barcode label with a check character is read, the check character is displayed as part of the barcode. If enabled and a barcode label with no check character is read, the library will indicate No Label Present. The default is Disabled. Barcode Reader: This option enables or disables read retries of barcode labels on individual cartridges. The default is Retries Enabled. Module Configuration: Lets you configure the unit as a standalone library or as a master or slave module in a multi-module library system. The default is Standalone. Custom Display: Lets you turn off the Overland Storage name and logo that is displayed during the Power On Self Test and on the default display screen after power up completes. When enabled, Overland Storage is replaced with Initializing during the POST. At the default display, the upper left corner is blank and the Technical Support Assistance information screen is disabled. The area of the display that showed the Overland Storage name and model name is blank. Also, the Overland Storage name on the WebTLC Status page has been removed. The default setting is Disabled. The Enabled or Disabled setting for this option will not change when Set Defaults is selected using the GUI (Menu > Maintenance > Set Defaults) or the NeoCenter Utility. Library Auto Power-On Mode: This option will not display if the library does not have the hardware required to support it. This option lets you enable or disable an auto poweron feature for the library. When enabled, if the power is interrupted the library will auto power up as soon as the power is restored. When disabled, the operator will have to touch the GUI touch screen when the power is restored. The factory setting is Disabled. The Enabled or Disabled setting for this option will not change when Set Defaults is selected using the GUI (Menu > Maintenance > Set Defaults) or the NeoCenter Utility. SCSI Options Drive n Bus ID: Lets you set the SCSI addresses of the drive(s). The designators Drive 1 through Drive n refer to the first through nth drives, counting left to right, top to bottom from the only or top module. The default is SCSI ID 1 for Drive 1, SCSI ID 2 for Drive 2, etc. Library SCSI Bus ID: Lets you set the SCSI address of the library robotics. The default is SCSI ID 6. Library SCSI Bus Parity: Lets you enable or disable the library robotics SCSI bus parity checking. The default is Enabled. Mail Slot Access: Lets you select if a host Prevent Allow Medium Removal command inhibits operator access to the mail slot or if the command will be ignored to allow operator access to the mail slot. The default is "Prevent Allow" Command Inhibits. 4

5 SCSI Mode: Lets you select either SCSI-2 or SCSI-3 command set for the library. The default is SCSI-3. Unit Attention Reporting: Lets you select reporting of all or only one stacked unit attention conditions. If set to Report All, the library reports all unit attention conditions in sequence. If set to Report One, the library reports only the highest priority condition. The default is Report All. Init Element Status: Lets you select the library's response to the SCSI Initialize Element Status command. The settings are No Inventory, Force Inventory or Force Label Scan. The default is No Inventory. Test Unit Ready Reporting: Lets you select the response to a SCSI Test Unit Ready command when the library is in sequential mode. The settings are Standard and Custom. Selecting Standard returns Not Ready status. Selecting Custom returns Good status to accommodate software that cannot issue a Mode Select command to terminate Sequential Mode. The default is Standard. Device Capability Page Length: Lets you select between two lengths of the Mode Sense/Select Device Capabilities Page (SCSI Page 1Fh), which are 14 bytes and 18 bytes, to accommodate different SCSI device implementations of this page. The settings are Short (14 Bytes) and Long (18 Bytes). The default is Short (14 Bytes). Transport Element Base Address: Lets you select the base address of the Transport Element (robotics) of the library. The settings are 0h through FFFFh. The default is 0x0. Storage Element Base Address: Lets you select the base address of the Storage Elements (magazine slots) of the library. The settings are 0h through FFFFh. The default is 0x20. Transfer Element Base Address: Lets you select the base address of the Transfer Elements (drives) of the library. The settings are 0h through FFFFh. The default is 0x1E0. Import/Export Element Base Address: Lets you select the base address of the Import/Export Element (mail slot) of the library. The settings are 0h through FFFFh. The default is 0x1C0. Product Identification: Lets you select the response of the library robotics to the SCSI Inquiry command in the Product ID field. The settings are NEO Series, LXB or Vendor Unique. The default is NEO Series. Vendor Identification: Lets you select the response of the library robotics to the SCSI Inquiry command in the Vendor ID field. The settings are OVERLAND and Vendor Unique. The default is OVERLAND. Post Recovered Errors: Lets you disable or enable the reporting of TapeAlert informational exception conditions with a Recovered Error sense key, when the Method 5

6 of Reporting Information Exceptions (MRIE) field is set to a value of 0x3 in Mode Page 1Ch, or if the TapeAlert Mode option is set to Rec. Error (cnd). The default is Disabled. TapeAlert Mode: Lets you select the conditions that TapeAlert data will be logged and reported. Select Logging Disabled to inhibit the logging feature. Select No Exceptions if the device should not report information exceptions. Select Generate Unit Attention if the device should report information exceptions with a Unit Attention sense key and an ASC/ASCQ of 5D/00. Select Conditionally Generate Recovered Error if the device should report information exceptions with a Recovered Error sense key and an ASC/ASCQ of 5D/00, if Recovered Error Reporting is enabled. Select Unconditionally Generate Recovered Error if the device should unconditionally report information exceptions with a Recovered Error sense key and an ASC/ASCQ of 5D/00. Select Generate No Sense if the device should report information exceptions with a No Sense sense key and an ASC/ASCQ of 5D/00. Select Report On Unsolicited Request Sense if the device should report information exceptions with a No Sense sense key and an ASC/ASCQ of 5D/00, only in response to an unsolicited Request Sense command. The default is Logging Disabled. Abort Move Status: Lets you select the library's response if it receives a SCSI Reset or Abort command while a Move Medium command is in progress. The settings are Busy and Not Ready. The default is Busy. Door Open Response: Lets you select the response to a SCSI command when a magazine door is open. The settings are Not Ready and Ready. The default is Not Ready. Initiate Wide Data Transfer Negotiation: Lets you select if the library will not or will initiate synchronous negotiation with the host controller. The settings are Do Not Initiate and Initiate. The library will always respond to host initiated synchronous negotiation. The default is Initiate. Data Transfer Speed: Lets you select the SCSI bus transfer rate for the library robotics element. The settings are Synchronous, 10 MB/sec, Synchronous, 5 MB/sec or Asynchronous Only. The default is Synchronous, 10 MB/sec. Report Element Type: Lets you select the method to report the type of the library elements installed (DLT type or LTO type) using the SCSI Read Element Status command. The settings are Disabled or Enabled. Select Disabled for the standard method that uses the DVCID CDB field. Select Enabled to use the vendor-specific field in the Element Descriptor. The default is Disabled. Fast Terminate Sequence: This option modifies the command sequence sent to a SCSI controller to terminate a SCSI command. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. Select Enabled to send a single command terminate sequence. The single command terminate sequence is recognized by all SCSI host adapters and was implemented to accommodate attachment to Network Appliance servers using Qlogic SCSI host adapters. Select Disabled to use the original functionality that sends a three-byte sequence (Send Status Byte, Send Message in Byte and Disconnect). The default setting is Enabled. 6

7 Network Options IP Address Determination: Lets you select the method for setting the IP address for the library's embedded WebTLC protected internet site. The settings are Obtain IP Address From a DHCP Server or User Specified IP Address. The default is Obtain IP Address From a DHCP Server. IP Address: Lets you enter any valid IP address for the WebTLC. The default is IP Mask: Lets you enter any valid IP mask for the WebTLC. The default is IP Gateway: Lets you enter any valid IP gateway address. The default is DNS Server: Lets you enter any valid DNS server address. The default is Web Level 1 and FTP Login: Lets you enter up to fifteen alphanumeric characters as a password for the WebTLC. The default is 1. Web Level 2 Login: Lets you enter up to fifteen alphanumeric characters as a password for the WebTLC. The default is 2. Enable Web Secure Login?: Lets you select if the password entered at the login screen will be encrypted when sent to the WebTLC. The settings are Yes and No. Select Yes when the Java Console is enabled. Select No when a Java Console is not available. The default is Yes. Disable Web Level 2 Access?: Lets you select the level of access that visitors have to the WebTLC. Level 1 limits access to the Status screen to display the library and drive status information. Level 2 permits access to the Status screen and the Move Media, Setup, Functions and History menus. The settings are No and Yes. The default is No. Library Name: Lets you enter a familiar library name that displays on the WebTLC page. Up to one hundred alphanumeric characters can be entered. Passwords Passwords can be used to limit access to functions and configuration options that are available through the graphical user interface operator control panel. There are three levels of password protection available: User Level 1 (lowest level); User Level 2; and Service (highest level). When a password is set, the operator will be prompted to enter the password before enabling the menu or dialog box for the operation. The default setting is that all passwords are Disabled. 7

8 Use the following guidelines when setting passwords: Passwords can be one to four numbers. Each security level is independent of the others. Higher-level passwords can be used to access lower level functions. Enter the password as 0000 to disable the password for a level. Setting User Defaults disables the passwords for all levels. Status and View System Data are not password protected. User Level 1: Allows access to the Mail Slot only. NEO Config Info 429 User Level 2: Allows access to the Magazines, Move Media menu, Offline/Online and Power functions. Service: Allows access to the Maintenance menu, Diagnostics menu, Library options menu, SCSI options menu, Network options menu and Passwords menu. 8

9 Table of Configuration Options NEO Config Info 429 Library Options Library Remains Offline After Power-Up Disabled, Enabled Initialization Auto Power-up An Installed Drive After Enabled, Disabled Timeout Unload Mode Implicit, Explicit Total Reserved Slots 0, 0 13 (DLT), 0 15 (LT0) Auto Clean Mode Disabled, Enabled Drive and Slot Numbering One Based, Zero Based Library Mode Random, Sequential Drive 1, Sequential Drive n, Sequential Split Sequential Mode Normal, Recirculate LCD Contrast Adjust 16, 0 31 Mail-Slot Mode LXN2000 LXN4000 Mail Slot Enabled, Mail Slot Disabled Both Mail Slots Enabled, Both Mail Slots Disabled, Upper Mail Slot Only Enabled, Lower Mail Slot Only Enabled Barcode Label Size 8 Chars, 1 8 Characters Barcode Label Alignment Left Align, Right Align Barcode Label Check Digit Disabled, Enable Check, Send, Enable Check, Don't Send Barcode Reader Retries Enabled, Retries Disabled Module Configuration Standalone, Master, Slave Custom Display * Disabled, Enabled Auto Power-On Mode * Disabled, Enabled * The setting selected for this option does not change when Set User Defaults is selected. SCSI Options Drive n Bus ID 1, 0 15 Library SCSI Bus ID 6, 0 15 Library SCSI Bus Parity Enabled, Disabled Mail Slot Access "Prevent Allow" Command Inhibits, "Prevent Allow" Command Ignored SCSI Mode SCSI-3, SCSI-2 Unit Attention Reporting Report All, Report One Init Element Status No Inventory, Force Inventory, Force Label Scan Test Unit Ready Reporting Standard, Custom Device Capability Page Length Short (14 bytes), Long (18 bytes) Transport Element Base Address 0x0, 0 FFFF hex Storage Element Base Address 0x20, 0 FFFF hex Transfer Element Base Address 0x1E0, 0 FFFF hex 9

10 SCSI Options (continued) NEO Config Info 429 Import/Export Element Base Address 0x1C0, 0 FFFF hex Product Identification NEO Series, LXB, <Vendor Unique> Vendor Identification OVERLAND, <Vendor Unique> Post Recovered Errors Disabled, Enabled TapeAlert Mode Logging Disabled, No Exceptions, Generate Unit Attention, Conditionally Generate Recovered Error, Unconditionally Generate Recovered Error, Generate No Sense, Report On Unsolicited Request Sense Abort Move Status Busy, Not Ready Door Open Response Not Ready, Ready Initiate Wide Data Transfer Negotiation Initiate, Do Not Initiate Data Transfer Speed Synchronous, 10 MB/sec, Synchronous, 5 MB/sec, Asynchronous Only Report Element Type Disabled, Enabled Fast Terminate Sequence Enabled, Disabled Network Options IP Address Determination IP Address IP Mask IP Gateway DNS Server Web Level 1 and FTP Login Web Level 2 Login Enable Web Secure Login? Disable Web Level 2 Access? Library Name Obtain IP Address From a DHCP Server, User Specified IP Address , Any Valid IP Address , Any Valid IP Mask , Any Valid IP Gateway , Any Valid DNS Server 1, Up to 15 Alphanumeric Characters 2, Up to 15 Alphanumeric Characters Yes, No No, Yes <blank>, Up to 100 Alphanumeric Characters Passwords User Level 1 User Level 2 Service Disabled, 1 to 4 numbers Disabled, 1 to 4 numbers Disabled, 1 to 4 numbers 10

11 Power-Up Displays Default Display Fault Display Mail Slot Access Magazine Access Move Media Technical Support Assistance Mail Slot n Left Upper Left Right Lower Left Both Both Right All Source Destination Menu Online/Offline Status Power View System Data Library Options SCSI Options Network Options Library Info Firmware Revision Boot code Revision Hardware Revision Local IP Address (1) Public IP Address (2) Local IP Address (2) Ethernet Address Serial Number Power-on Hours Cartridge Map Legend (1) Standalone Libraries (2) Multi-Module Libraries (3) Secondary Master Module (4) Seagate LTO Drive Configurations (5) LXN4000 (6) DLT Drive Configurations (7) HP LTO Drive Configurations (8) Partitioning Option Utilities Maintenance Clean Drive Source Cleaning Replace Drive Deactivate Drive n Drive Format Drive n Density Compression Park Drives (4) Set User Defaults Force Reconfiguration Reboot Library Failover to Secondary / Primary Master (3) Flash Drive From Tape Drive n Source Flashing Flash Drive From SCSI Drive n Flash Slaves (2 & 8) Eject Tape From Drive (4) Drive n Diagnostics Cartridge Cycle Drive Cycle BarCode Cycle Inventory Sensor Test Vertical Calibration (5) View Error Log Touch Screen Calibrate Tachometer Diagnostic Friction Diagnostic Factory (No field use) Security Level User Level n Service Factory Edit Options Library Library Remains Offline After Power-Up Initialization Auto Power-up an Installed Drive After Timeout Unload Mode Total Reserved Slots Auto Clean Mode Drive and Slot Numbering Library Mode (1) Sequential Mode (1) LCD Contrast Adjust Mail-Slot Mode (1) Master Mail-Slot Mode (2) Slave n Mail-Slot Mode (2) Barcode Label Size Barcode Label Alignment Barcode Label Check Digit Barcode Reader Module Configuration Custom Display Library Auto Power-On Mode SCSI Drive n Bus ID Library SCSI Bus ID Library SCSI Bus Parity Mail Slot Access SCSI Mode Unit Attention Reporting Init Element Status Test Unit Ready Reporting (1) Device Capability Page Length Transport Element Base Address Storage Element Base Address Transfer Element Base Address Import/Export Element Base Address Product Identification Vendor Identification Post Recovered Errors TapeAlert Mode Abort Move Status Door Open Response Initiate Wide Data Transfer Negotiation Data Transfer Speed Report Element Type Fast Terminate Sequence Left / Right Magazine Cartridge Map Drive n Drive Identification Drive Type (6) Serial Number Vendor ID (4 & 7) Product ID (4 & 7) Drive Code Revision (6) Controller Code Revision (6) SCSI Firmware Revision Level (4) Servo Firmware Revision Level (4) Product Revision Level (7) ACI Revision Level (7) Firmware Revision Level (7) SCSI Bus Id Cleaning Information (6) Compression Information (4) Status Information (7) Tape Cartridge Information (4 & 6) Configuration Information (7) Physical Drive Status (4 & 6) Error Information (7) Network Options IP Address Determination IP Address IP Mask IP Gateway DNS Server Web Level 1 and FTP Login Web Level 2 Login Enable Web Secure Login Disable Web Level 2 Access Library Name Passwords User Level 1 User Level 2 Service 11