HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Blades - Manual (Page 44)

Removing cartridges
CAUTION:
Never try to remove a cartridge before it is fully ejected.
1. Press the Eject button on the front panel.
1. Eject button
Figure 21 Ejecting a cartridge
. 2. The drive will complete its current task, rewind the tape to the beginning, and eject the cartridge.
The rewind process may take up to 10 minutes. The Ready light will flash to indicate that the
unload is still in progress.
Removing the Tape Blade
The Tape Blade is powered down from the partner server blade, see “ Powering the Tape Blade on
and off ” on page 33. To ensure reliable operation, do not power down the partner server blade and
remove power from the drive during read, write, fast-search, load and unload activities.
Before removing the Tape Blade:
• Unload the cartridge as described in “ Removing cartridges ” on page 44.
• Make sure the partner server blade is powered down. This powers down the Tape Blade. (The
Tape Blade is not a hot-plug device and should always be powered down before removal.)
To remove the Tape Blade from the enclosure:
1. Grasp the metal latch, located at the bottom of the Tape Blade in a c7000 enclosure and to the
right of the Tape Blade in a c3000 enclosure, and pull the latch forward as far as it will go to
release the locking mechanism.
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