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Preface Fujitsu would like to thank you for purchasing our FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library (hereinafter referred to as LT260). The LT260 is designed to be connected to servers (such as PRIMEQUEST, PRIMERGY or Fujitsu M10). This manual explains how to perform operation management and settings for the LT260 from the operator panel or the remote panel.
The barred "Do Not..." circle warns against certain actions. The action which must be avoided is both illustrated inside the barred circle and written above it (e.g. No Disassembly). FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
This symbol alerts operators to particularly important information. Be sure to read this information. Functions and know how which can be useful when setting up or operating the LT260. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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About this Manual Abbreviations Used in This Manual • “LT260” refers to the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library. • Trademark symbols such as ™ and ® are omitted in this manual. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation-...
The windows on the operator panel before login can be roughly divided into the initialization window and login window. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
When initialization operation ends, the login window is displayed on the operator panel. If the screen saver is on, please tap the screen. Figure 1.2 Login window FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
"2.5.16 Enabling SSL or SSH" (page 47) for the detail. The following window is displayed when the LT260 is connected. Figure 1.3 Remote panel starting window FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Provides access to operate and configure the library and to view additional status information. ● Right pane (remote panel only) Displays a log of recent events. Figure 1.4 Configuration of main screen FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Amber if an unrecoverable tape drive or library error occurs. A corresponding error message is dis- Error played on the LCD screen. User intervention is required; the library is not capable of performing some operations. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Remote panel: Open a supported web browser and enter the IP address of the library in the browser’s address bar. Select the User. If required, enter the Password. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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After the initial password is changed on the operator panel, the password can then also be used to log in from the remote panel. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Provides access to operate and configure the library and to view additional status information. • Right pane (remote panel only) Displays a log of recent events. Figure 2.2 Main screen FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Accesses online help. 2.4.2 Left Pane Elements • Library Status Overall library confirmation and status Serial # The base module serial number Hostname The library hostname FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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A cartridge is in the drive but the drive is not performing an operation. • Empty The drive is empty. • Encryp The drive is writing encrypted data. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Once you have configured the network settings and set the administrator password from the operator panel, you can initiate the wizard from the remote panel or operator panel to complete the remain- ing configurations. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
For saving the configuration file to a USB device on the library, insert a USB flash drive into one of the USB ports on the base module. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED...
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Restores the configuration file from a USB flash drive inserted into the USB port in the back of the library. Click Upload File & Restore. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
A list of continents, countries, and regions is displayed. When an item proceeded with “>”, for example> US, is selected, a submenu is displayed in the next column. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED...
Click Now. The time and date information is entered automatically by the synchronization to the computer running the remote panel. Click Submit. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The barcode media ID is the last two characters of the barcode. For example, an LTO- 6 labeled cartridge will not be allowed to move into an LTO-5 tape drive. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED...
Figure 2.9 Allow unlabeled media End of procedure Using this option may increase the duration of the inventory time, thus it is strongly recommended to use correctly labeled media! FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Add a license key Procedure Enter license key. The license key needs to have a length of 15 characters. Click Add License. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The button for deleting license key(s) is only available on Service level. Procedure Click Delete License Key(s). Clicking the Delete License Key(s) button will delete all license keys. Figure 2.11 Delete license key End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
To set the timeout for the remote panel and operator panel, navigate to the System > RMI Timeout screen. Procedure Select timeout value (5 or 30 Minutes). Click Submit. Figure 2.12 RMI timeout End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Use "Reset internal IP Range" in case that the network conflict is occurred. This function should not be used in other case. Refer to "User's Guide -Installation & Operation- 3.1 Powering On/Off" about how to use the function. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The default community name is • Notification Level The types of events for which the library should send. Inactive No events are sent. Critical Only critical events are sent. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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Click Submit. End of procedure ■ To delete an SNMP target Procedure Click Delete for the target to be deleted. Click Submit. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Only critical, warning, and configuration events are sent. + Information All events are sent. • SMTP Server Hostname or IP address of the SMTP server FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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• Username User account for logging into the SMTP server when authentication is required. • Password Password associated with the Username when authentication is required. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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When Port Type is set to Loop, Addressing Mode can be set to Soft, Hard, or Hard Autoselect. Loop ID/ALPA When Addressing Mode is set to Hard, you can choose an ALPA address from the drop down list. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Moreover, you can enable or disable the drive auto cleaning function. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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123456. If alignment is right, the device will report 345678. The default is left. Click Next. Click the check box of "Auto Clean" if you enable the drive auto cleaning function. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The industry standard length for LTO barcode labels is eight characters. Barcode labels longer than eight characters might scan incorrectly, particularly if they are not high quality labels. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED...
Verify that you want to remove the partition and then click Finish. After the wizard removes the partition, the library will come on line automatically. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
To use the hardware encryption function of a tape drive with a single library, the Key Man- agement Function Option is required. When using the Key Management Function Option, refer to "FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library Key Management Function Option User's Guide".
HTTPS. The default is disabled. When SSH is enabled, the library will only accept SSH connections. The default is disabled. Figure 2.21 Enabling SSL/SSH FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
At the end of the test the cartridges are NOT returned to their original slots. If a tape is moved to an incompatibly drive, the drive will reject the tape, as designed. The test can move cartridges between partitions. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The element to element test is intended to show that the library is operating correctly. To diagnose problems with the robotic assembly or verify that it has been correctly replaced, use the robotic test. Figure 2.24 Element to element test FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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Position Test The position test moves the robotic assembly vertically between two elements. The number of movements can be specified. This test does not move cartridges. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Enter characters into the search box and then click Search. The Source Elements list is updated to only include cartridges with a barcode label including the search characters. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Figure 2.26 Wellness test To run the system test, navigate to the Maintenance > Library Tests > Wellness Test screen, and then click Start Test. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Figure 2.28 OCP test • LED test Illuminates each of the front panel LEDs. • Touch panel calibration test Allows you to calibrate the front panel touch screen. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The log entries are displayed in order of most recent to oldest. The log entries contain a date and time code, event code, severity, component identifier and event details. DD.MM.YYYY HH.MM.SS The format for the date and time is: FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Figure 2.30 Detailed view example for logs After [Close Ticket] is clicked, this log is hidden. After [Close] is clicked, the detailed view screen is closed. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Click Start Upgrade. End of procedure When you update the library firmware, the library will update the firmware of the expansion modules to a compatible version. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Expand the appropriate drive type and select one or more of the tape drives. Click Browse, and then select the file from the local computer. Click Submit. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Creates and saves a new log from the drive. • Log From Last Unload (*1) Saves the log that was automatically created after the last cartridge was unloaded from the drive. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Select the drive you want to reboot. Figure 2.36 Drive reboot Click Yes on the dialog popup to start the reboot process. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
If the library did not move the robotic assembly to its park position, you can do so from the Maintenance > Move Robotic to Base Module screen. Figure 2.38 Move robotic to base module FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Search. The Source Element list updates to display only the cartridges with labels that include the characters in the search box. To perform a different search or display all of the available cartridges, click Barcode Filter Off. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Hazardous moving parts exist inside this product. Do not insert tools or any por- tion of your body into the interior of the library through the mailslot safety door. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED...
Opening a magazine will take the library off-line. • The magazines will relock after 30 seconds. • To change the relock time, see "2.5.12 Enabling or Disabling Mailslots" (page 41). FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
To use the auto-cleaning function, see "2.5.13 Configuring Library Partitions" (page 42) and "5.5.1 Auto- Cleaning Function" in "FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library Overview". Figure 2.42 Clean drive Procedure Select a cleaning cartridge from the Source Elements list. The library uses the barcode label to identify cleaning cartridges.
To have the library rescan the cartridges, navigate to the Operation > Rescan screen and click Rescan. The library will change to Scanning status and will be unavailable to perform other operations until the scan is complete. Figure 2.43 Rescan inventory FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Navigate to the Operation > Force Drive Media Eject screen. Select the drive in the Source Elements list. Select the destination in the Destination Elements list. Click Submit. End of procedure FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Summary information and status is displayed in the top banner and left side bar. For additional library mod- ule configuration and status information navigate to the Status > Library Status screen. Figure 2.45 Library status FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
• Robotic Location Displays the module where the robotic is currently located. • Shipping Lock Indicates whether the robotic is unlocked or locked for shipment. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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Displays the status of power redundancy. • Lower/Upper Power Supply Fan Displays the status of power supply fans. • Chassis Fan Displays the status of the chassis fan. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The slot number in the form <module>.<slot>, where module is the module number and slot is the slot number • Barcode Barcode label • Full X if a cartridge is using the element • Gen. LTO generation of the cartridge FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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When the list is grouped, you can expand or contract the list for each group by clicking the triangle next to the number in the first column. Grouping is enabled by default. To disable grouping, click Group Off. To enable grouping, click Group On. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Inventory Graphical View To see the elements with the graphical view, from Status, navigate to Cartridge Inventory > Graphical View. Figure 2.47 Inventory graphical view FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The type of the media that is applicable • LT Encryption Key The type of the encryption key when the Key Management Function Option is used FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Magazine, which can be configured as mailslot magazine, displays single slots. In case they are configured as mailslots the slot number gets a leading "M". Figure 2.50 Partition map graphical view FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Slot Count Number of slots in this partition • Media Count Number of cartridges in this partition • Mailslot Count Number of mailslots in this partition FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
The number of media loads • Encryption Indicates whether data on this media is encrypted. • Media Type The type of the media that is applicable FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Number of slots in this partition • Number of Mailslots Number of mailslots in this partition • Barcode Label Length Rep. to Host Barcode length reported to the host FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
Viewing Drive Status In the Status> Drive Status screen you can see the configuration and status of each drive installed in the library. Figure 2.54 Drive status FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
A unique identifier for the library controller network interface • Link Status Enabled or disabled • Link Speed Speed of the Ethernet connection to the library • Duplex Enabled or disabled FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
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• Static When Enabled, the library will use a statically-configured address. • Address The IPv6 address when Static Addressing Enabled is On. FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 Tape Library User’s Guide -Panel Operation- Copyright 2016 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-8802-04ENZ0...
In the Status > Security screen, the encryption status of the library is displayed in a list. For details on the displayed contents of the Key Management Function Option, refer to "FUJITSU Storage ETER- NUS LT260 Tape Library Key Management Function Option User's Guide".
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However, Fujitsu shall assume no responsibility for any operational problems as the result of errors, omissions, or the use of information in this manual. • Fujitsu assumes no liability for damages to third party copyrights or other rights arising from the use of any information in this manual.