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Operating the 3580 Tape Drive, Power Switch

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Chapter 3. Operating the 3580 Tape Drive Power Switch The power switch is a toggle switch that lets you turn the 3580 Tape Drive on or off. The switch is located on the rear panel (see 8 in Figure 2 on page 6). To power the tape drive on, push the power switch to | ; to power it off, push the switch to 0. When you place the power switch in the off (0) position, the primary electrical power within the enclosure is still active. If you do not want electrical power to be present in the enclosure, unplug the 3580 Tape Drive's power cord from the receptacle at the rear of the drive (see 7 in Figure 2 on page 6). When the 3580 Tape Drive is powered-on but idle, the status light is off (see 2 in Figure 5); when the unit is performing a function, the status light is on. 1 Unload button 2 Status light 3 Message display 4 Single-character display a67s0007 4 3 Figure 5. Front View of the 3580 Tape Drive 2 1 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000 15

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Chapter 3. Operating the 3580 Tape Drive
Power Switch
The power switch is a toggle switch that lets you turn the 3580 Tape Drive on or off.
The switch is located on the rear panel (see
±8²
in Figure 2 on page 6). To power
the tape drive on, push the power switch to | ; to power it off, push the switch to 0.
When you place the power switch in the off (0) position, the primary electrical power
within the enclosure is still active. If you do not want electrical power to be present
in the enclosure, unplug the 3580 Tape Drive’s power cord from the receptacle at
the rear of the drive (see
±7²
in Figure 2 on page 6).
When the 3580 Tape Drive is powered-on but idle, the status light is off (see
±2²
in
Figure 5); when the unit is performing a function, the status light is on.
±1²
Unload button
±3²
Message display
±2²
Status light
±4²
Single-character display
a67s0007
1
2
3
4
Figure 5. Front View of the 3580 Tape Drive
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2000
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