IBM 3580-L11 Setup Guide - Page 32

Unload Button, If you press the Unload button during operation, the 3580 Tape Drive ends

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Unload Button The unload push button ( 1 in Figure 5 on page 15) enables you to perform several functions. Table 2 lists the functions and explains how to initiate them. Note: If you press the Unload button during operation, the 3580 Tape Drive ends the command that is being processed, and unloads and ejects the tape cartridge. Table 2. Functions That the Unload Button Performs Function How to Initiate the Function Rewind the tape into a cartridge and eject the cartridge from the tape drive Press the unload button once. Note: During a rewind and eject operation, the 3580 Tape Drive will not accept SCSI commands from the host. Place the tape drive in maintenance mode Ensure that the tape drive is unloaded. Then, within two seconds push the unload button 3 times. The drive is in maintenance mode when the status light becomes solid amber and 0 appears in the single-character display. Note: While in maintenance mode, the 3580 Tape Drive will not accept SCSI commands from the host. Scroll through the maintenance functions Exit maintenance mode While in maintenance mode, push the unload button once per second to increment the characters on the single-character display by one. When you reach the character of the diagnostic or maintenance function that you want (see Table 7 on page 41), press and hold the unload button for 3 seconds. Press the unload button once per second until 0 displays. Then press and hold the unload button for 3 seconds. The drive has exited maintenance mode when the status light becomes solid green and the single-character display becomes blank. 16 IBM 3580 Tape Drive Setup, Operator, and Service Guide

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Unload Button
The unload push button (
±1²
in Figure 5 on page 15) enables you to perform
several functions. Table 2 lists the functions and explains how to initiate them.
Note:
If you press the Unload button during operation, the 3580 Tape Drive ends
the command that is being processed, and unloads and ejects the tape
cartridge.
Table 2. Functions That the Unload Button Performs
Function
How to Initiate the Function
Rewind the tape into a
cartridge and eject the
cartridge from the tape drive
Press the unload button once.
Note:
During a rewind and eject operation, the 3580 Tape
Drive will not accept SCSI commands from the host.
Place the tape drive in
maintenance mode
Ensure that the tape drive is unloaded. Then, within two
seconds push the unload button 3 times. The drive is in
maintenance mode when the status light becomes solid
amber and
0
appears in the single-character display.
Note:
While in maintenance mode, the 3580 Tape Drive will
not accept SCSI commands from the host.
Scroll through the
maintenance functions
While in maintenance mode, push the unload button once
per second to increment the characters on the
single-character display by one. When you reach the
character of the diagnostic or maintenance function that you
want (see Table 7 on page 41), press and hold the unload
button for 3 seconds.
Exit maintenance mode
Press the unload button once per second until
0
displays.
Then press and hold the unload button for 3 seconds. The
drive has exited maintenance mode when the status light
becomes solid green and the single-character display
becomes blank.
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