Seagate 240 DDS-4 About the front-panel buttons, Automatic and manual cartridge loading

A-26 Scorpion 240 Autoloader Installation Manual

Automatic and manual cartridge loading

After cartridges have been loaded into the magazine and the magazine has been inserted into the magazine bay, the autoloader can be left indefinitely for unattended write or read operations (controlled by your backup software).

To load a tape manually, press the SELECT button to select the desired tape slot, then press the ENTER button.

About the front-panel buttons

This section describes the functions of the autoloader buttons. These buttons are shown in Figure 11 below.

Figure 11. Autoloader Front Panel

			EJECT
			Button
			SELECT
			Button
			ENTER
			Button
		Drive	LCD
Clean	Media		Display
LED		LED
	LED
(green)		(amber)
	(green)

Eject button

You can use the Eject button to eject the magazine or to unload a cartridge from the drive. After pressing the Eject button, you must press the Enter button to confirm your request.

Select button

You can use the Select button to select individual tape cartridges by their slot numbers (1 through 6), to scroll