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Removing the tape blade – HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Blades User Manual

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3.

Carefully pull the Tape Blade out from the enclosure.

CAUTION:

Do not pull on the tape drive bezel when removing the Tape Blade.

Figure 34 Removing the Tape Blade

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1. Pull latch forward

2. Pull Tape Blade away from the enclosure

NOTE:

If you are not replacing the Tape Blade immediately, you should insert a half-height blank
into the empty device bay.

Remove the coupler plate, full-height partner servers in a c7000 enclosure only

If you are using the Tape Blade with a full-height partner server, you must retain the coupler plate for
use with your replacement Tape Blade. (No coupler plate is shipped with the replacement product.)

1.

Press a small pin into the last flat hole of the coupler plate.

Replacing a Tape Blade chassis or tape drive

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