Release Note для Spectra Logic spectra t120

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User Guide Updates
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Enabling, Configuring, and Using Observatory
Understanding Observatory
The BlueScale Observatory application, available for purchase from Spectra Logic, lets 
you to monitor and manage multiple Spectra Logic libraries from a single remote 
location. Observatory is key-enabled, and arrives on a software CD for you to install on 
your computer system.
Observatory monitors Spectra Logic tape libraries on a network by querying each 
library’s status then displaying the results through a web browser connection to the 
Remote Library Controller (RLC). The advanced monitoring and management functions 
provided by Observatory allow users to see information remotely that is normally only 
available on the library’s General Status and System Messages screens. This 
functionality is a step above what is provided when accessing the library through the 
Remote Library Controller (RLC).
Centralized Remote Management   Observatory, which uses eXtensible Markup 
Language (XML), allows users to see information remotely that is normally only 
available on the library’s General Status and System Messages screens. This is a step 
above the RLC feature that is included with the library, however, because users can 
view the library’s functions in combination with those of multiple other Spectra Logic 
libraries.
Automatic E-mail Alerts   Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) allows users to receive 
library status information in e-mail. When library messages are generated through the 
LC, the library automatically sends e-mail notifications to selected users. Information 
included in the notification consists of the number of the message, its severity, its 
details, its remedy, and the time it was generated. Message types include Informational, 
Error, Warning, and Fatal; users can configure the library to select which types of 
messages are sent.
SNMP   Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a widely used protocol for 
monitoring the health and welfare of your library by using integrated alerts. To begin 
monitoring the status of your library using SNMP, download MIB files from the Spectra 
Logic Web site at 
ftp://ftp.spectralogic.com/pub/t-series/
.
SSL   SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol created by Netscape that has 
become an international Internet standard. Use Observatory’s SSL to exchange sensitive 
information between the Spectra Logic T-series libraries and the RLC.
SSL technology is embedded in all popular browsers and engages automatically when 
the user connects to a Web server that is SSL-enabled. Web sites using SSL indicate SSL 
security with an address that begins with HTTPS. The S indicates a secure connection.