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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.

Tape Drive node relationships

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

 

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