Chapter 3: System Specifications
Physical Specifications – Library
58 Scalar i6000 Planning Guide
• Basic Building Blocks on page 59
• Examples of Common Configurations on page 61
Configuration Rules The following are rules for configuring a library.
• A Gen 1 single-robot library can be upto 12 frames. A Gen 2 single-
robot library can be up to 16 frames.
• A dual-robot library can be up to 17 frames.
• The minimum dual-robot library configuration is 3 frames: a left
parking module, a control module and a right parking module.
• The minimum dual-robot library configuration that includes an
HDEM is 4 frames: left parking module (shipped with dual-robots), a
control module, an HDEM and a right parking module.
• In dual-robot systems, the left parking module is installed to the left
of the control module in position 0.
• A high-density expansion module (HDEM) cannot be a parking
module.
• Upgrading from a Gen 1 or Gen 2 single-robot to a dual-robot
library requires one additional module installed to the left (the left
parking module) and at least one additional module installed to the
right (the right parking module) of the control module.
• Drive ready expansion modules are required for tape drive support.
• Left parking modules can never contain tape drives, I/E stations, or
power supplies. The control module provides power to the left
parking module.
• As of release i11, any expansion module can contain drives, power
supplies, and either a 24-slot I/E station or a 72-slot I/E station.
• Right parking modules can contain drives, power supplies, and a 24-
slot I/E station. Right parking modules can never contain a 72-slot I/
E station.
• The left and right parking modules contain only four columns of
storage with a maximum capacity of 228 slots. The other four
columns are taken up by their respective robot parking spaces.
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