5.

Press the Enter key. A pop-up screen is displayed with the Home Cell rack

 

 

storage location for the inserted cartridge. See Figure 145.

 

6.

Place the cartridge in the designated rack storage cell.

 

 

Note: If the cartridge cannot be put in the speci®ed storage cell, press the Error

 

 

key (F4) to request a new storage cell location.

 

7.

Press the Enter key to con®rm that the insert action is complete. The Insert

 

 

Cartridges screen is displayed again.

 

8.

If you have another cartridge to insert, repeat steps 2 on page 233 through 7 on

 

 

page 234 for the next cartridge. If there are no more cartridges to insert, press

 

 

the Cancel key (F12) to return to the Action List screen.

 

 

 

Insert Cartridges

 

Complete the cartridge information, then press the Enter key.

 

Volser of Cartridge. . .

WCC001

 

Cartridge type

_1. Cartridge System Tape

 

 

 

_E. Enhanced Capacity Cartridge System Tape

 

 

 

_J. High Performance Cartridge Tape

+---------------------------------------------------------------------

+

Put the cartridge in the indicated home cell, press the Enter key.

If you cannot use the home cell, press the Error key (F4) to have a

different cell specified.

 

 

Home Cell

. . . Rack 1 B 10

 

 

 

 

F1=Help

F4=Error

F12=Cancel

+---------------------------------------------------------------------

 

+

F1=Help F3=HideScreen

F12=Cancel

 

Figure 145. Manual Mode Insert Cartridges Pop-Up Window

The function keys for the pop-up window are:

 

F1

Display help information about this pop-up window.

 

F4

Specify another home cell location because the cartridge cannot be inserted

 

 

in the speci®ed location.

 

F12

Close the pop-up window and return to the Insert Cartridges screen.

 

Enter

Send con®rmation to the host program that veri®es that the cartridge is

 

 

inserted in the speci®ed location. Also, display the Insert Cartridges screen

 

 

for the next insert.

Note: When you return to the Manual Mode Action List, Figure 143 on page 230

 

and if you've inserted J-type media in an Import/Export capable Library, the

 

Manage Unassigned Volumes panel will automatically be presented. The

 

Manage Unassigned Volumes panel is shown in Figure 129 on page 202.

Ejecting Cartridges

 

Use the following procedure to remove a cartridge from the 3494:

1.From the Action List screen, determine the drive (device) or storage cell From location containing the cartridge to be ejected. See Figure 143 on page 230.

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