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Contents 4 Library Operation Overview 4-2 Operating the Control Panel 4-3 Understanding the Display Window 4-4 Drive Status 4-4 Status Indicators 4-4 Activity Indicators 4-4 Control Panel Options 4-5 First Level Options 4-5 Second Level Options 4-5 Entering the Administration Menu Password 4-7 Setting a New Administration Menu Password 4-8 Specifying SCSI Addresses 4-9 Viewing the Current SCSI Address Settings 4-10 Setting the SCSI Addresses 4-10 Interpreting the SCSI Bus Status Indicator LEDs 4-12 Setting the Robotics Controller Bus Type 4-13 Loading Cartridges Into the Library 4-14 Loading Cartridges Through the Mailslot 4-15 If a Tape Cartridge Will Not Load 4-16 Loading Cartridges Through the Bulk Load Access Door 4-17 Security Configurations 4-18 Removing Cartridges from the Library 4-19 Ejecting Cartridges Through the Mailslot 4-19 If a Tape Cartridge Will Not Eject 4-20 Removing Tape Cartridges Through the Bulk Load Access Door 4-21 Security Configurations 4-22 Cleaning the Tape Drives 4-23 If the Cleaning Cartridge Will Not Load 4-25 Drive Cleaning Issues 4-26 vi

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Contents
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Library Operation
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Operating the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Understanding the Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Drive Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Activity Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Control Panel Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
First Level Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Second Level Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Entering the Administration Menu Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Setting a New Administration Menu Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Specifying SCSI Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Viewing the Current SCSI Address Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Setting the SCSI Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Interpreting the SCSI Bus Status Indicator LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Setting the Robotics Controller Bus Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Loading Cartridges Into the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Loading Cartridges Through the Mailslot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
If a Tape Cartridge Will Not Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Loading Cartridges Through the Bulk Load Access Door . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Security Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Removing Cartridges from the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Ejecting Cartridges Through the Mailslot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
If a Tape Cartridge Will Not Eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Removing Tape Cartridges Through the Bulk Load Access Door . . . . . . 4-21
Security Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Cleaning the Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
If the Cleaning Cartridge Will Not Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Drive Cleaning Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26