Oracle StorageTek tape libraries have an addressing scheme that looks like:
L,R,C,S,W
L: Library
R: Rail
C: Column
S: Side
R: Row
The software that controls Oracle StorageTek tape libraries, ACSLS, has an different addressing scheme that looks like:
A,L,1,D
A: ACS
L: LSM
D: Drive #
Even though ACSLS and StorageTek libraries work hand-in-hand, their drive addressing and indentification schemes differ. For example, a drive known by ACSLS as:
1,4,1,4
is referred to by StorageTek tape libraries exclusively as:
2,1,-1,1,1
A couple different flavors of converters are initially offered here. More may be offered in the future as the need arises. Contributions of more converters are encouraged.
For now, the converters offered are:
- SL8500toACSLS.pm: a Perl module that offers one-way conversion from the StorageTek library addressing scheme to ACSLS' scheme
- SL8500<->ACSLS_converter_python: a Python module that can be imported or run as
a standalone program. It converts both ways between StorageTek library address
and ACSLS address schemes. This module is meant to be built into a wheel that
can be
pip install'd.
Example: 1,10,1,4 to 3,3,-1,1,1
> python acs2internal.py -d 1,10,1,4
3,3,-1,1,1
Example: 3,3,-1,1,1 to 1,10,1,4
> python acs2internal.py -i 3,3,-1,1,1
1,10,1,4
--debug provides additional output.
Creating the .whl
python setup.py bdist_wheel
Creating the source dist package
python setup.py sdist
Installing the module via pip
pip install acs2internal
Module usage
from acs2internal import acs2internal
internal_address =
acs2internal.acsls_addr_to_internal_addr(acs_address="1,10,1,4")
print(internal_address)
> 3,3,-1,1,1
from acs2internal import acs2internal
acs_address =
acs2internal.internal_addr_to_acsls_addr(internal_address="3,3,-1,1,1")
print(acs_address)
> 1,10,1,4