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d.

Press the Yes button when the Confirmation screen displays.

e.

Press Back to return to the main screen.

2.

Use the Up and Down arrows to select Diags, then press the Select button. Use the Up and Down

arrows to select the diagnostic test to perform and press Select.

3.

If you did not take the library off-line, the OCP displays a notification (see

Figure 49

).

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Figure 49 Diagnostics confirmation remaining offline

4.

Select Yes to take the library off-line, then run the test.
The diagnostic test executes and the OCP displays a status screen indicating the test progress. When

the test completes, the test result is shown next to the completed test.

5.

When you are finished performing diagnostic tests, press Back to return to the Menu screen.

Stop button

The STOP button located in the bottom right portion of the OCP is available from every OCP screen. This

button stops the cabinet robot from moving. To start the robotics, press the Start button.

Inserting tape cartridges into a fixed load port

With load ports enabled, tape cartridges are inserted into fixed magazines on the first column of the

left panel and the first two columns of the right panel. Fixed magazines hold 18 Ultrium cartridges

or 16 SDLT cartridges.
To insert a tape cartridge into a fixed magazine:

1.

Prepare the tape cartridges to be inserted by affixing a bar code label and write-protecting or

write-enabling each cartridge as desired.
For more information about these procedures, see

Inserting tape cartridges

.

2.

With the load port door open, place the tape cartridges in any available load magazine slot.
The proper orientation for tape cartridge insertion is shown in

Ultrium tape cartridges

and

SDLT

320 and 600 tape cartridges

.

3.

Manually close the load port door by pushing the load port assembly into the cabinet. You will hear

a click when it locks into position.

Using removable magazines

Removable magazines are used to import and export several tape cartridges at one time from the library

without interrupting library operations. A removable magazine can hold 8 Ultrium tape cartridges, or 7

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Library operations