HP StorageWorks Enterprise Modular Library E-Series User Guide (AH876-96001, September 2007)

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Controller cards
This section explains the function of the three major cards that control the library. These cards are:
• Librar y robotics controller
• Interface Manager card
• Interface controller
Librar y robotics controller
The library robotics controller contains firmware to control the robot, communicate with the Interface
Manager card, manage the library servo and vision control, and monitor the door and load port sensor
status.
Robot commands are sent from hosts in the SAN to an interface controller, which directs them over an
internal Ethernet network to the library robotics controller. The library robotics c ontroller translates these
commands
into movements to be performed by the robot.
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Public E thernet port (connection to
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Figure 8 Ports on the library robotics controller
HP Sto
rageWorks Interface Manager card
The HP
StorageWorks Interface M anager card is an HP proprietary management card designed to
conso
lidate and s implif y the management of multiple interface controllers installed in the library. It also
prov
ides SAN-related diagnostics and management for library components, including the interface
cont
rollers, tape drives, and robotics. The Interface Manager card, in conjunction with HP StorageWorks
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