Step 6: Verify installation

Once you have installed the drive hardware, you should verify that it is functioning properly before you store your valuable data.

Check operation

Ensure that you have downloaded any drivers and upgrades necessary for your backup application (see page 5).

1Switch on the autoloader and server.

The power indicator will light up and the autoloader will run its hardware self-test, during which the front panel lights will flash and the message Self Test displays. The autoloader also displays the serial number; the display alternates between the Self Test message and the serial number. At the end of the self-test, all lights will go out and the front panel message will say Insert Mag. (Read more about the front panel lights and messages in the electronic User’s Guide on the HP StorageWorks Tape CD-ROM.)

If the self-test fails, the Operator Attention Required light (bottom) changes to steady amber and the other lights go off. If this occurs, try switching the autoloader off, then on again. If the test still fails, call for service.

2You are now ready to install backup software, as required (see page 5), and carry out a backup and restore test to check that the drive can write data to tape. Use a blank cartridge and follow the instructions given in your backup application.

To load a magazine

1Place the required number of cartridges in the magazine so that they point towards the center of the magazine. You can use any number of cartridges from 1 to 6, and can place the cartridges in any of the magazine slots. However, for ease and speed of use, start by using slot 1. (HP OBDR requires a cartridge in slot 1, see page 36.)

2Insert the magazine through the door in the front of the autoloader. Make sure that the large arrow is uppermost and pointing towards the autoloader, as shown in figure 8.

3Apply steady pressure until the mechanism takes the magazine and pulls it into the autoloader. The autoloader will then check which magazine slots contain cartridges.

4When the magazine check is complete, use either your backup software on the host server or the autoloader's front panel buttons to select and load a cartridge from the magazine into the drive.

5The drive now performs a load sequence. This takes a maximum of 25 seconds from the time the cartridge is inserted to the time the drive is ready to start acting upon the next command from the host. See the electronic User’s Guide on the HP StorageWorks Tape CD-ROM for more information about the load sequence and autoloader modes.

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