HP Surestore DLT 80 Tape Drive - Manual (Page 11)

Installing Your Removable Drive in an HP SureStore H/A Tape Array 5500
Replacing the Drive
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Replacing the Drive
HP SureStore DLT 80m drives can be hot-swapped, that is they can be
removed and replaced without powering down the HP SureStore H/A Tape
Array 5500 and without interrupting operations to the other drives in the
array. However you should be aware of the following:
• If all drives in the tape array are powered up when the system is turned
on, the host will be aware of those drives. You can remove any of those
drives and replace it with another drive without disrupting the system.
• If a drive is not powered up or you place a drive in an empty slot after
the system has been powered up, the system will have to be reset before
the host will recognize the drive.
• Hot swap allows for modules to be replaced while powered up as long as
no data is being transmitted from the system to the module or vice versa.
• The SCSI IDs are controlled by the tape array, not by the drives
themselves, so if you remove a drive and replace it with another the ID
will not change.
1 Pull the extraction lever of the drive that you want to replace so that it is
in the out position.
Figure 1.2 Replacing a drive
2 Using the extraction lever, pull the drive gently and firmly out of the tape
array.
3 To insert another drive, follow the instructions in Step 2 on page 1-3.
Pull here on the extraction lever
to release the left-most drive
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