Dell PowerVault ML6000 - Manual (Page 355)

Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Adding, Removing, and Replacing Tape Drives
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4 Tighten the tape drive’s thumbscrews to secure the tape drive to the
module.
The thumbscrews must be aligned with the module’s screw holes. If
they are not aligned, the tape drive was not inserted correctly.
5 Power on the library (if it is not powered on already).
6
If the green LED is solidly lit for three seconds and then blinks twice,
wait 10-15 minutes while the universal drive sled (UDS) firmware
upgrades.
There are two types of firmware related to the tape drive: firmware
for the tape drive itself, and firmware for the UDS that surrounds the
tape drive. The UDS firmware is part of the library firmware. The
library automatically upgrades the UDS firmware if the firmware on
the newly inserted UDS is different than the library’s current UDS
firmware. Firmware downloads may take about 15 minutes.
7
Connect the host interface cables to the tape drive.
8
Take the tape drive online.
a
From the
Operations
menu, select
Drive > Change Mode
.
The
Change Drive Mode
screen appears.
b Locate the tape drive that you want to take online.
c In the
New
column, click
Offline
to change the button status to
Online
.
9
Check the tape drive’s LEDs to make sure that the drive functions
correctly (see Tape Drive LEDs on page 400. If the blue or amber
LED stays on solid, reseat the tape drive.
10
Add the new tape drive to an appropriate partition. You cannot use
the tape drive until it is assigned to a partition.
11
If necessary, upgrade tape drive firmware by following the
instructions provided in Updating Library and Tape Drive Firmware
on page 199. The library can use the tape drive immediately after the
firmware is upgraded.
12 Due to the way the library logically addresses its tape drives
internally (see Understanding Logical Element Addressing on
page 38), adding a tape drive to the library may change the tape drive
ordering, and this can affect proper communication to a controlling
host. Because of this, you must refresh the configuration of any
backup application that manages the library to reflect the adjusted