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TapeDrive node

A Tape Drive node represents a physical tape drive in a storage system.

Creation/update

A Tape Drive node is created or updated when a storage entity is discovered by one of the following:

  • WBEM queries to storage management software triggered by the creation or update of an SI representing storage management software
  • Directly discovered storage using WBEM queries to the WBEM/SMI-S provider triggered by the creation or update of a Storage Device node representing the chassis
  • Directly discovered storage using SNMP triggered by the creation or update of a Storage Device node representing the chassis

Removal

A Tape Drive node is removed when its parent Storage System node is removed. This is Containment Removal.

Tape Drive node attributes

The attributes of a Tape Drive node are described in the table below.

UI Name
Attribute Name and Type

Description

Key
key string

Globally unique key.

Name
name string

Name of the tape drive

Type
type string

Type of the tape drive

Vendor
vendor string

Tape drive vendor

Model
model string

Tape drive model

Serial Number
serial string

Tape drive serial number

Firmware Version
firmware_version string

Firmware version

Current State
current_state string

Current state of the tape drive


Tape Drive node relationships

The relationships of a Tape Drive node are described in the table below.

UI name

Relationship

Description

Storage System

ContainedDrive:
Containment:
Container:
StorageSystem

StorageSystem for this tape drive

Hardware Container

ContainedDrive:
Containment:
Container:
HardwareContainer

Hardware container for this tape drive


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