12 DescriptionI/E StationI/E stations enable importing and exporting cartridges with minimal interruption of normal library operations.I/E stations are located on the front of the control module and on the front of expansion modules. A 5U I/Estation has a capacity of six cartridges within a removable magazine. A 9U I/E station has a capacity of 12cartridges within two removable magazines.The I/E stations can also be configured as storage as well as become part of a logical division of libraryresources known as a partition. The I/E station is shared among all partitions, but the I/E station slots areowned by one partition at a time. When an I/E station slot is assigned to a partition, only that partition canaccess that slot.Operator PanelThe operator panel is the touch screen display device upon which the graphical user interface (GUI)appears. The operator panel is located on the access door of the control module. The library operations andservice functions are performed from this screen. The GUI is also accessible through a remote web client.For more information on the library user interfaces, see Understanding the User Interface on page 23.Front Power SwitchTurning off the front power switch turns off the robot and operator panel, but power still runs to the powersupplies. Use the front power switch to manually reboot or shut down the library. See Shutting Down orRestarting the Library on page 90 for instructions on how to shut down or restart the library safely.CAUTION CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID OPENING THE ACCESS DOORDURING ROBOTIC OPERATIONS SINCE THE ROBOT WILL STOPIMMEDIATELY AND WILL FAIL TO COMPLETE THE CURRENTOPERATION.
