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.
Attributes and relationships of the TapeDrive node
The attributes of the TapeDrive node are described in the following table:
UI Name | Description |
|---|---|
Not shown in UI | Globally unique key |
Name | Name of the tape drive |
Type | Type of the tape drive |
Vendor | Tape drive vendor |
Model | Tape drive model |
Serial Number | Tape drive serial number |
Firmware Version | Firmware version |
Current State | Current state of the tape drive |
The relationships of the TapeDrive node are described in the following table:
UI Name | Relationship | Description |
|---|---|---|
Hardware Container | ContainedDrive: Containment: Container: HardwareContainer | Containing Hardware Container |
Host | ContainedDrive: Containment: Container: Host | Containing Host |
Host Container | ContainedDrive: Containment: Container: HostContainer | Containing Host Container |
Storage Pool | ContainedDrive: Containment: Container: StoragePool | Containing Storage Pool |
Storage System | ContainedDrive: Containment: Container: StorageSystem | Containing Storage System |
Storage System Group | ContainedDrive: Containment: Container: StorageSystemGroup | Containing Storage System Group |
Virtual Machine | ContainedDrive: Containment: Container: VirtualMachine | Containing Virtual Machine |