Compaq AA-RHGWC-TE manual Powering Up the TL881/TL891 DLT MiniLibrary

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The default screen shows the state of the tape drives, loader, and number of cartridges present for this base unit. A rectangle in place of the underscore indicates that a cartridge is present in that location.

2.Press the Enter button to enter the Menu Mode, displaying the Main Menu.

3.Depress the down arrow button until the Configure Menu item is selected, then press the Enter button.

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The control panel up and down arrows have an auto-repeat feature. When you press either button for more than one-half second, the control panel behaves as if you were pressing the button about four times per second. The effect stops when you release the button.

4.Press the down arrow button until the Set Special Config menu is selected and press the Enter button.

5.Press the down arrow button repeatedly until the Alternate Config item is selected and press the Enter button.

6.Press the down arrow button to change the alternate configuration from the default (Standalone) to Slave. Press the Enter button.

7.After the selection stops flashing and the control panel indicates that the change is not effective until a reboot, press the Enter button.

8.When the Special Configuration menu reappears, turn the power switch off and then on again to cycle the power. The base unit is now reconfigured as a slave to the expansion unit.

9.Repeat the steps for each TL881/TL891 base unit present that is to be a slave to the expansion unit.

8.12.2.2.3Powering Up the TL881/TL891 DLT MiniLibrary

When turning on power to the TL881 or TL891 DLT MiniLibrary, power must be applied to the expansion unit simultaneously or after power is applied to the the base units and data units. If the expansion unit is powered on first, its inventory of modules may be incorrect and the contents of some or all of the modules will be inaccessible to the system and to the host.

Configuring a Shared SCSI Bus for Tape Drive Use 8–71