Loading and unloading cartridges in the tape drive – Exabyte MAGNUM 1X7 LTO User Manual

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P

RODUCT

M

ANUAL

1012581

C

HAPTER

5—A

UTOLOADER

O

PERATION

To remove cartridges from the autoloader without power:

1.

1.

1.

1.

Carefully insert a #0 Phillips screwdriver into the access hole on the front

of the autoloader (see

Figure 5-5

). Make sure that the screwdriver engages

the head of the gear shaft.

2.

2.

2.

2.

Turn the gear shaft counter-clockwise to open the cartridge access port

door.

3.

3.

3.

3.

When the door is fully open, remove cartridges by hand from the

autoloader. To move cartridge cells into position in front of the door,

carefully rotate the cartridge carousel with your fingers.

4.

4.

4.

4.

When you are finished removing cartridges from the autoloader, close the

cartridge access port door by turning the gear shaft clockwise.

L

OADING

AND

U

NLOADING

C

ARTRIDGES

IN

THE

T

APE

D

RIVE

During normal operation, you do not need to instruct the autoloader to load

and unload cartridges in the tape drive. Your backup software controls these

functions. However, you can use the operator panel to load and unload

cartridges, if necessary. You may want to use these functions for testing

purposes or for cleaning the tape drive (see

page 73

).

L

OADING

A

C

ARTRIDGE

INTO

THE

T

APE

D

RIVE

Before you can load a cartridge into the tape drive, the autoloader must

already contain a cartridge or you must insert a cartridge through the

cartridge access port, as described on

page 64

.

To load a cartridge into the tape drive:

1.

1.

1.

1.

At the Home screen, press

,

,

, or

to access the main menus.

If necessary, enter the operator panel password (see

page 42

).

2.

2.

2.

2.

Press

or

until the Command menu appears:

3.

3.

3.

3.

Press

to see the menu selections.

4.

4.

4.

4.

Press

or

until the following screen appears:

S e l e c t

a

C o m m a n d

L o a d

D r i v e

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