Drives of a data storage library are concurrently configured. A processor
transmits library configuration data separately to each drive, initializes
a first configuration process state, with a time-out period, for each
drive. A drive responds with a status response, the first process state is
updated to "completed". A request for drive unique information is
transmitted to the responding drive, advancing the process to a second
state, with a time-out period. A drive responds with the information, and
the second process state is updated to "completed", and the received
information is stored.