Certified International DAStape - Manual (Page 33)

Chapter 5. DAStape 200 Tape Drives and Media
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Functions of the Unload Button
The Unload push button enables you to perform several functions. The following table
lists the functions and explains how to initiate them.
Note: If you press the Unload button during operation, the drive ends
the command that is being processed, then unloads and ejects the
tape. Depending on its location on the reel, the tape may take as
long as 20 minutes to completely rewind and eject.
Function How To Initiate
Rewind the tape into a cartridge
and eject the cartridge from the
tape drive. Press the unload button once.
Note: During a rewind and eject operation, the drive will not accept SCSI
commands from the server.
Place the tape drive in
maintenance mode. Ensure that the tape drive is unloaded. Then, within two seconds push the unload
button three times.
The drive is in maintenance mode when the status light becomes solid amber and
a 0 appears in the single-character display.
Note: While in maintenance mode, the drive will not accept SCSI commands from
the server.
Scroll through the
maintenance functions. While in maintenance mode, push the unload button once per second to
increment the characters on the single-character display by one. When you reach
the character of the diagnostic or maintenance function that you want (see
Diagnostics and Maintenance on page 32), press and hold the unload button for
three seconds.
Exit maintenance mode. Press the unload button once per second until a 0 appears in the single-character
display. Then press and hold the unload button for three seconds.
The drive has exited maintenance mode when the status light becomes solid
green and the single-character display becomes blank.