Change State of Drives (Online/Offline)

Screen Element Description
Refresh button Click to refresh the contents of the screen.
Empty I/O station slots: Displays the current number of empty slots in the I/O Station.
Select a logical library Click on ▼ and select all of the logical libraries or an individual logical library.
Select an enclosure Click on ▼ and select all enclosures or select one of the enclosures in your library. The control module will always be designated as "0". Any expansion units installed below the control module will be designated by a negative number (for example, "-1"). Any expansion units installed above the control module will be designated by a positive number (for example, "1").

Drives:

Screen Element Description
—Select Action— After selecting the drive(s), click on ▼ and select one of the following actions:
  • Bring Online - to put selected drive(s) online.
  • Bring Offline - to take selected drive(s) offline.
  • --Table Actions-- - not selectable
  • Select All - to select all drives in the table or click Select all icon
  • Deselect All - to deselect all selected drives in the table or click Deselect all icon
Go button After selecting an action, click this button to execute the selected action.
Select To select a drive, click on the circle or double-click on the table row. To sort the items, click on ^.
Location The location of the drive in the library. The first digit identifies the unit in the library. The second digit identifies the slot. To sort the items, click on ^.
Logical Library This identifies the logical library to which the drive is assigned. To sort the items, click on ^.
Type The type (or generation) of the tape drive. To sort the items, click on ^.
Status Displays whether the drive is online or offline. To sort the items, click on ^.
Total The total number of drives in the library or selected logical library.
Filtered The number of drives not in the selected logical library filtered from the total.
Displayed The remaining number of drives in the library or selected logical library. (Total - Filtered).