IBM Magstar 3494 manual Auto, Pause

Operator menu

Causes the operator menu to be displayed when in service mode.

Switch active library manager to standby

Allows the operator to manually switch the active library to be the standby library manager.

Accessors

Allows the operator to manually switch the active accessor to be the standby accessor, enable dual active accessors, or disable dual active accessors.

Lockup library manager

Locks keyboard and display to system administrator password.

Shutdown

Causes the 3494 to enter the shutdown process. (See ªShutdownº on page 108.)

Auto

Select Auto for automated operations. After con®rmation of the Auto mode selection, the library manager sends all motion commands to the cartridge accessor controller.

You are prompted to con®rm the selection. The con®rmation step allows you to explore the list of pull-down items before you con®rm the selection.

If you select Auto from Pause mode, cartridge accessor motion is again enabled. If selected while in Manual mode, all commands queued for the Manual mode are requeued for the cartridge accessor and the cartridge accessor's motion is enabled. The icon before Auto indicates that Auto mode was selected.

When the library manager is powered on and the initialization code executes successfully, Auto mode is started automatically after two minutes if the user does not intervene. The operator or service representative may want to prevent the library manager from automatically going Online and in Auto mode. A pop-up window is displayed (after the IBM logo panel display times out) that allows the user to press the Enter key and continue directly into Auto mode and Online state or select one of the following:

vAuto mode and Offline state

vPause mode and Online state

vPause mode and Offline state

vManual mode and Online state

vManual mode and Offline state

See Figure 45 on page 102 for the mode selection pop-up window.

Note: Auto mode and Online state is the default without user intervention.

Pause

Select Pause mode for the cartridge accessor to move to its park position in the service area after ®nishing the operation in progress. Note that several commands may have to complete before the 3494 enters Pause mode. You are then prompted to con®rm the selection. The icon beforePause indicates that Pause mode was selected.

100Magstar 3494 Tape Library Operator Guide