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Run the demo test – Dell PowerVault 132T LTO/SDLT (Tape Library) User Manual

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Run the Demo Test 

Demo Test randomly moves tapes within the library to demonstrate robotic motion. If your library has one drive, there must be two pieces of media in it for
Demo Test to complete successfully. If your library has two drives, there must be at least three pieces of media in it for Demo Test to complete successfully.

Path:

Step 2 From the Tools menu, highlight

and press

.

Loads Firmware.

Step 3 Press

and

to select which

firmware you want to update.

Available options are:

l

Drive 1: updates firmware for Drive 1

l

Drive 2: updates firmware for Drive 2

l

All Drives: upgrades both drives with a
single command

Step 4 Press

to highlight Run (

) and

then press

.

The new firmware is loaded and the update
tape is returned to the IE slot.

Step 5 A confirmation message is displayed.

Press

to dismiss.

  

Step 6 Remove the update tape from the IE
slot.

  

Selection

Description/Result

Step 1 From the Tools menu, highlight

and press

.

Runs Demo test.

Step 2 You will be prompted with a warning,

press

to continue the test.

NOTICE:

This test will move your tapes

and may change your inventory
information by not placing tapes in the
same locations.

Step 3 Press

and

to select/deselect

the Drives.

Available options are:

l

yes: allows loads and unloads to the
drives

l

no: does not load or unload tapes to
the drives

Step 4 Press

to move to the next option.   

Step 5 Press

and

to select the

number of Cycles to include in the demo test.

You can select between 1 and 100 cycles.

Step 6 Press

to highlight Run (

) and

then press

.

The Demo test begins.

Step 7 A status screen will display the

progress of the test. You can press

at

any time to cancel the test.

  

Step 8 When the test is complete, a

completion message is displayed. Press