Physical Device Discovery

The Physical Device Discovery page allows you to discover attached physical tape libraries and tape drives. After you discover the libraries and drives, you can use them for path to tape data movement.

To access the Physical Device Discovery page, on the PTT page, click the Physical Device Discovery tab.

The Physical Device Discovery page displays the following information for all discovered physical libraries and tape drives:

Physical Library and Tape Drive Information	Description
Last scan time	The date and time a scan for attached libraries was last performed.
Serial Number	The serial number of the library or drive.
Vendor	The vendor of the library or drive.
Product ID	The product ID (name) of the library or drive.
State	The state of the library or drive (Enabled or Disabled).
Drive Type	(Tape drives only) The drive type of the drive.

Tasks

Use the Physical Device Discovery page to perform the following tasks:

To discover an attached physical tape library and tape drives, click Scan. Attached physical libraries display in the list.
To enable or disable a physical library, select it in the list, and then click Enable or Disable. (You can also right-click a library to enable or disable it.)
To use a physical library, it must be enabled. If you enable or disable a library, all tape drives in the library are also enabled or disabled.
To view the drives in an attached library, select the library in the list. All drives in the selected library display below.
To enable or disable tape drives, select one or more drives in the list, and then click Enable or Disable. (You can also right-click a drive to enable or disable it.)

Note: To use a tape drive, it must be enabled. To enable a drive, the parent library must be enabled.
To remove a physical library from the list, first disconnect the Fibre Channel cables that connect the library to the DXi4800, and then click Scan.
To update the libraries or drives list with the latest information, click Refresh.