HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 49)

Operating the 5258ACL Tape Drive
5258ACL Installation and User’s Guide — 522345-001
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Write Protection
Write Protection
To prevent accidental erasure of your data, each media cartridge has a write-protect
switch. When active, this switch prevents data from being written to the cartridge.
To enable write-protection, move the switch on the front of the cartridge down, so that
the small orange rectangle appears.
To disable write-protection, move the switch up so that the orange rectangle is not
visible.
When a write-protected cartridge is inserted into the drive, the yellow Write Protect
LED on the panel lights.
Loading and Unloading Tapes
The Load/Unload menu enables you to specify a source and a destination for a cartridge
movement. As a result, the procedure to load is the same for unloading. To load or
unload a tape from the front panel of the module, use the Load/Unload menus as shown
in
Figure 3-24 .
Figure 3-24. Default Screen
Note that DLT1 has a tape loaded. When this screen indicates DLT1 Idle, the drive has a
cartridge loaded and is awaiting instructions. Note also that Slot 1 of the magazine has a
cartridge present, while the remaining slots are empty.
From the Default screen, enter the Menu mode by pressing Enter. The Main menu
shown in
Figure 3-25 appears.
Figure 3-25. Main Menu
Caution. For valuable data, always make sure that the cartridge is write-protected before
inserting it into the drive.
Note. If the control panel has been locked, the screen shown in Figure 3-9 appears. If the
unlock code is unknown, contact the system administrator.
SDLT1 Idle
Loader Idle
1
& & & & ( ( ( ( -------------! !!!10
" " " "Load/Unload
Unlock Door
Show Status Menu
Maintenance Menu
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