Elements of the Control Devices Window

• Device Icon Color Coding
  The left side of the icon for a device contains a small square at the left. This square is color coded to indicate a status for that device.

Downed Device		The red X denotes a downed device.
Available Device		The green circle denotes an available device.
SAN Downed Device		The red X along with a green T denotes a downed SAN device.
SAN Available Device		The along with a green T green circle denotes an available SAN device.

• Control Devices Resource Tree
  The Control Devices resource tree displays the hierarchical structure of the device clusters, tape libraries, and devices.

    + Enterprise
        + Cluster/Tape Library
            + Device/SAN Device
                Device Path (SAN devices only)

  The hierarchical structure presents a SAN Device Path and non-SAN Device (the lowest levels in the hierarchy) in a similar format for consistency. The SAN Path represents the device itself. The format of a SAN Device Path or non-SAN Device consists of

  device-name@node-name.

• Control Devices Context Menus
  In Control Devices, context menus vary according to the status of the device. For example, you can not down a device that is not up. Thus, if a device is down, Up Device appears on the context menu, but Down Device does not. Task descriptions describe context menus as appropriate.

• Control Devices Menus
  In addition to the common menu options (see Common Menu Bar Options in the User's Guide), the Control Devices window also contains the Device menu.

  To access an item in the Device menu, do one of the following:

  • From the menu bar, select Device. Then select the desired item.
  • Use the keyboard shortcut [ALT+D], use the up-arrow and down-arrow keys to select the desired menu item, then press [Enter].
    The Device menu items are described in the topics that follow.

• Control Devices Task Panel Buttons
  The Control Devices task panel buttons are described in the topics that follow.

• Control Devices Column Headings
  Each column in the Control Devices window offers information useful for controlling the individual devices.

Device	The device column displays the device icon followed by the device name. As you roll over either one with your mouse, a tool tip will appear giving some information about the device.
Device Cluster	The device cluster column displays a device cluster or tape library icon and name. As you roll over either one with your mouse, a tool tip will appear giving some information about the device cluster or tape library.
VOLSER	The VOLSER is taken from the label of a media volume when the volume is mounted on a device and the label is read.
Status	The status column indicates the current status of the operation of the drive, for example, loading or unloading.
Control Path	The name of the node from where the device is being driven.
Acquired by	The management console or job name that has acquired the device.
Barcode	If the tape library has a barcode reader and the media volume has a barcode, it is displayed in this column.
Request for Mount	This column indicates if the operator was asked to mount a media volume in this device.