Exabyte MAGNUM 1X7 LTO - Manual (Page 78)

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P RODUCT M ANUAL 1012581
C
HAPTER
5—A
UTOLOADER
O
PERATION
During normal operation, you do not need to intervene in autoloader
activities. However, you may occasionally need to perform the following tasks,
described in this chapter:
Insert and remove cartridges
Load and unload cartridges from the tape drive
Clean the tape drive
Reset the autoloader
Run system demos
Perform diagnostic tests
Store cartridges that you have removed from the autoloader
I
NSERTING AND
R
EMOVING
C
ARTRIDGES
To insert and remove cartridges from the autoloader, you use the operator
panel and the cartridge access port (see Figure 5-2 ).
Note: In the event of a general power failure or a failure of the autoloader’s
power supply, you can operate the cartridge access port manually if you
need to remove cartridges. See page 67 for instructions.
For convenience, you can use cell 7 in the autoloader to store a cleaning
cartridge for the tape drive. Refer to “Cleaning the Tape Drive” on page 70 for
information that will help you determine whether you want to store a
cleaning cartridge in the autoloader.
Note: For data security, you can prevent use of the cartridge access port by
setting a password for the operator panel (see page 40 ) or by issuing
commands from the autoloader application (refer to your software
documentation).
Figure 5-2 Location of cartridge access port
Cartridge
access port