Patent ID: 7861031

Claim:
A cartridge library, comprising: a management component; a library controller comprising a first processor module and a memory medium communicatively connected to the first processor module; a cartridge drive controller comprising a second processor module and a memory medium communicatively connected to the second processor module, wherein the management component is configured to: receive at least one access control parameter, wherein the at least one access control parameter identifies at least one of a user, a server, a command, or a time; verify the received at least one access control parameter by verifying that a resource of the cartridge library identified by the at least one access control parameter is a valid resource in the cartridge library; and in response to the verifying, send the at least one control parameter to the cartridge drive controller; wherein the memory medium of the cartridge drive controller stores logic instructions which, when executed, cause the second processor module to: record, in the memory medium of the cartridge drive controller, the at least one access control parameter received from the management component; receive a request for at least one resource of the cartridge library, wherein the request for the at least one resource of the cartridge library includes a request to access a storage cartridge of the cartridge library; and use the access control parameter in determining whether to grant access to the at least one resource of the cartridge library in response to the request.