Exabyte 1X7 LTO manual Removing Cartridges Without Power

INSERTING AND REMOVING CARTRIDGES

After the door closes, and the autoloader checks the cell to verify that the cartridge has been removed. The autoloader also scans the affected cell to update its cartridge inventory. The cell selection screen appears again with the next available cell number:

E	x	p	o r t	C a r t r i d g e
F	r	o	m C e	l l	# n

You can continue removing cartridges in the same manner until you have removed as many cartridges as necessary.

8.Press (as needed) to return to the Home screen.

REMOVING CARTRIDGES WITHOUT POWER

If you need to remove cartridges from the autoloader when power is unavailable, either due to a general power failure or a failure of the autoloader’s power supply, you can operate the cartridge access port door manually. The autoloader has a small hole in the faceplate that allows access to a gear shaft attached to the cartridge access port door (see Figure 5-5). Using a #0 Phillips screwdriver, you can turn the gear shaft to open the cartridge access port door.

Note: If a cartridge is loaded in the tape drive when power to the autoloader fails and you need to remove that cartridge, you must remove the tape drive from the autoloader (see page 91 for instructions). If the autoloader’s power supply failed, you can attach the tape drive to another power source, such as an available power connector in a server and use the tape drive’s unload button to remove the cartridge. If a general power failure occurred, contact Exabyte Technical Support (see page iii) for information about removing the cartridge from the tape drive manually.

Access hole for operating the cartridge access port door

Figure 5-5Location of access hole for operating cartridge access port door manually

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