Installing, Removing, and Replacing
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• T10 TORX screwdriver, for removing and replacing the bottom cover plate
1 Prepare the rack to hold modules. See Installing the Library in a Rack for instructions on installing a rack-mount kit.
2 Make sure all tape drives have been removed from all of the modules you plan to install. See Adding, Removing, and
Replacing Tape Drives for instructions on removing tape drives.
3 Make sure all power supplies have been removed from all of the modules you plan to install. See Adding, Removing,
and Replacing Power Supplies for instructions on removing power supplies.
4 Park the robot assembly in the 5U Library Control Module. Before unstacking the library, the robot assembly must be
placed in the 5U Library Control Module.
a Open the I/E station and access doors of each module.
b Using your hands, gently lift the robot assembly into the 5U Library Control Module. The robot assembly should
glide slowly and with some resistance.
Caution: Support the robot assembly by holding onto the broad metal X-axis plate. Lifting the robot by the thin
metal rod will bend the rod. Lifting the robot by the black plastic picker body can damage the robot.
c After raising the robot assembly to the approximate middle of the 5U Library Control Module, hold it in place with
one hand and, using your other hand, move the parking tab in a counter-clockwise direction until it stops in the
"parked" position. The metal parking tab is located at the bottom of column 1.
d Gently lower the robot assembly to rest on the parking tab.
1 Parking tab in "parked" position
5 Remove and replace the cover plates, if appropriate.
Caution: Before removing the 5U Library Control Module's bottom cover plate, the robot assembly must be
parked as described in step 4 above.
a If you plan to stack the 5U Library Control Module at the top of the library, and if a 9U Library Expansion Module
will be located below it, remove the 5U Library Control Module's bottom cover plate and the 9U Library Expansion
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