L700/L180 Operations and Administration

Course Overview

The purpose of this two day course is to provide the necessary information, skill development and practical hands-on training to enable data center personnel to operate, troubleshoot, and administer the L700e Tape library, which may contain a variety of tape drives. Approximately 50 percent of the course will involve hands-on lab experience.

Audience

This course is for Systems Administrators, Operators, and Data Center Managers.

Skills Gained

Upon course completion, students should be able to:

• Locate needed information in the product documentation or on the web
• Locate and identify major library components
• Determine the applicability of requested connectivity configurations
• Explain the auto-clean feature
• Explain Fault Symptom Codes (FSCs)
• Describe the differences between the L700/L700e & L180 libraries
• Demonstrate how to load and invoke the StorageTek L-Series Library Admin software

Prerequisites

• Knowledge in tape drives (DLT 7000/8000 & SDLT, STK Model 9840/9940, and LTO vendors), external interfaces (SCSI, RS423, Token Ring, TCP/IP), and basic troubleshooting techniques.

Course Outline

• Module 1 - Introduction/Orientation
• Module 2 - Documentation Familiarization
• Module 3 - Demonstration of the l700/L700e/L180
• Module 4 - Overview of the L700/L700e/L180
• Module 5 - Summary and Q&A
• Module 6 - L700/L700e Hardware Exercise
• Module 7 - Recap and Q&A
• Module 8 - Quiz, Review, and Q&A
• Module 9 - Tape Drives and Cartridges
• Module 10 - Lab Exercises
• Module 11 - Recap and Q&A

L700/L180 Operations and Administration / STK-1453