Library Overview
34 ESL E-Series Tape Library User’s Guide
Note: For information on using the Command View ESL software, see the
HP
StorageWorks Interface Manager and Command View ESL User Guide
that shipped
with your library or visit
http://www.hp.com/support/cvesl
.
Any client machine on the LAN can communicate with the Interface Manager
either through the GUI web interface, or through a Telnet command line interface
(CLI). At a higher level, multiple libraries, each containing an Interface Manager
card, can be connected to a single management station. Each Interface Manager
card can communicate with only one management station, but the management
station can communicate with multiple Interface Manager cards (see Figure 12).
Figure 12: Multiple libraries connected to a single management station
Tip: HP recommends that you install Command View ESL on a single dedicated server
(management station) on the LAN. However, it is possible to install Command View ESL
on multiple servers. In this scenario, if one management station claims a library for
management, then that same library cannot be managed by any other management
station. A library can only be managed by one management station at a time.
IP IP IP
Library 1 Library 2 Library 3
Management Station
