Exabyte 1X7 LTO manual Inserting and Removing Cartridges, 2Location of cartridge access port

CHAPTER 5—AUTOLOADER OPERATION

During normal operation, you do not need to intervene in autoloader activities. However, you may occasionally need to perform the following tasks, described in this chapter:

Insert and remove cartridges

Load and unload cartridges from the tape drive

Clean the tape drive

Reset the autoloader

Run system demos

Perform diagnostic tests

Store cartridges that you have removed from the autoloader

INSERTING AND REMOVING CARTRIDGES

To insert and remove cartridges from the autoloader, you use the operator panel and the cartridge access port (see Figure 5-2).

Note: In the event of a general power failure or a failure of the autoloader’s power supply, you can operate the cartridge access port manually if you need to remove cartridges. See page 67 for instructions.

For convenience, you can use cell 7 in the autoloader to store a cleaning cartridge for the tape drive. Refer to “Cleaning the Tape Drive” on page 70 for information that will help you determine whether you want to store a cleaning cartridge in the autoloader.

Cartridge access port

Figure 5-2Location of cartridge access port

Note: For data security, you can prevent use of the cartridge access port by setting a password for the operator panel (see page 40) or by issuing commands from the autoloader application (refer to your software documentation).

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