MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 operator control panel
Overview
The front panel includes:
• A liquid crystal display (LCD) that shows Tape Library status information and is used to access the
OCP menus.
• LEDs that illuminate to indicate Library conditions and alerts.
• Navigation buttons that allow you to scroll through, select, and make changes to different OCP
menus and settings.
This panel provides everything you need to monitor Library status and access the OCP menus.
Operations available using the OCP
• Info menu
• “Viewing status information (Info > Status)” on page 140
• “Viewing Library identity information (Info > Identity Library)” on page 140
• “Viewing drive identity information (Info > Identity Drives)” on page 141
• “Viewing inventory information (Info > Inventory)” on page 141
• “Viewing network information (Info > Network)” on page 141
• Configuration menu
• “Logical Libraries (Configuration > Set Logical Libraries)” on page 142
• “Changing the library configuration (Configuration > Library)” on page 142
• “Changing the drive configuration (Configuration > Drives)” on page 144
• “Changing the network configuration (Configuration > Network Configuration)” on page 144
• “Barcode reporting format (Configuration > Barcode Reporting)” on page 144
• “Changing the administrator password (Configuration > Set Admin Password)” on page 144
• “Restore defaults (Configuration > Restore Defaults)” on page 145
• “Setting the Library date and time (Configuration > Set Date and Time)” on page 146
• Display Contrast
• “Saving and restoring the Library configuration (Configuration > Save/Restore)” on page 146
• Operations menu
• Opening the mailslot (Operations > Open Mailslot), page 147
• Unlocking, removing and replacing magazines (Operations > Unlock Left/Right
Magazines), page 147
• Moving Media (Operations > Move Media), page 148
• Performing Inventory (Operations > Inventory), page 148
• Enabling Password Locks (Operations > Enable Password Locks), page 148
• Support menu
• “Powering drives on and off (Support > Power on/off Drives)” on page 149
• “Cleaning the tape drive (Support > Clean Drive)” on page 149
• “Running tests (Support > Run Tests)” on page 149
• “Viewing logs (Support > View Logs)” on page 150
HP StorageWorks MSL2024, MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries User and service
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