Exabyte 1X7 LTO Setting the Autoloader to Operate in Sequential Mode, Operate in Sequential mode

CHAPTER 3—CONFIGURING THE AUTOLOADER

d.When you have entered the desired Subnet mask, press . The gateway address selection screen appears:

		S	e t	G a t e w a y			A d r .
		0	0 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 0
e. Use	or to move through the segments of the address (as indicated
by the underscore). Use					and	to increase or decrease the value of
an address segment. Press and hold and								to move rapidly through
the available values.
f. When you have entered the desired Gateway address, press . A
confirmation message appears:
		S	e t	D H C P		o f f		a n d
		n	e w	I P	A d d r		N o w ?
g. Press		to enact the change (or				if you don’t want to make the
changes).
9. Press	(as needed) to return to the Home screen.

Note: If you set DHCP on, you can view the current server-assigned IP address for the autoloader through the Status menu (see page 79).

SETTING THE AUTOLOADER TO OPERATE IN SEQUENTIAL MODE

The operating mode determines how the autoloader processes cartridges. There are two operating modes:

Random (the default)–The autoloader processes cartridges according to commands issued from an application.

Sequential–The autoloader processes cartridges sequentially without direction from an application.

! Important	If you are using a backup application which is capable of
	controlling the autoloader, do not configure the library to
	operate in Sequential mode.

To customize how sequential mode works, you can set the Restart and Loop options:

Restart option. The Restart option determines what the autoloader does after it is reset or power cycled. The autoloader can either restart at the beginning of the cartridge sequence (Restart option ON) or resume where it left off when the interruption occurred (Restart option OFF).

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