Loading the Magazines
Loading Media and Running Self Checks 3-13
6. If you have decided to reserve slots, note the number that you need to reserve
(one, two, or three). You will need this information when you finish configuring
the library firmware.
7. If you plan on using host-managed drive cleaning, be sure to place one or two LTO
universal cleaning cartridges in unreserved, data slots. Insert each cartridge into a
magazine slot with the hub down and the label and write-protect switch visible on
the open side of the magazine. Gently push the cartridge into the slot until the
plastic retention spring snaps into place.
Host applications cannot access reserved slots. So, if the host application is to
manage
cleaning, you must place cleaning media in slots that the host controls.
The table below shows a configuration where the host software will handle
cleaning. Slot
1,
Left,
1,
1
contains a diagnostic cartridge. So, during final
configuration, we will reserve this slot for system use. Slots
1,
Left,
2,
1
and
1,
Left,
3,
1
contain the cleaning media that the host software will use. So,
during final configuration, we will not reserve these slots:
Table 3–7 Module 1, Left Magazine: Cleaning Tapes in Storage Slots
Left Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Row 1
DG 001
Row 2
CLNU01CU
Row 3
CLNU02CU
8. Load the remaining slots in the left magazine slots with data tapes. Insert each
cartridge with the cartridge hub down and the label and write-protect switch
visible on the open side of the magazine. Gently push each cartridge into its slot
until the plastic retention spring snaps into place.
The table below shows the diagnostic cartridge in slot
1,
Left,
1,
1
and universal
cleaning cartridges in slots
1,
Left,
2,
1
and
1,
Left,
3,
1
. During final
configuration, we will reserve these slots for system use. The remaining slots
contain the data cartridges that will be used by the host application:
Table 3–8 Module 1, Left Magazine: Filled, Diagnostic/Cleaning Tapes in Reserved Slots
Left Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Row 1
DG 001 8V1237L6 8V1240L6 8V1243L6 8V1234L6
Row 2
CLNU01CU 8V1238L6 8V1241L6 8V1244L6 8V1235L6
Row 3
CLNU02CU 8V1239L6 8V1242L6 8V1245L6 8V1236L6
9. When ready, reinstall the left magazine. Grasp the handle on the front of the
magazine with one hand while supporting the magazine's weight with the other.
Be careful to hold the magazine so that tapes do not fall out of the slots.
10. Carefully align the left magazine with the left magazine bay of the base module,
and gently push the magazine into the magazine bay until it latches into place
with a noticeable click.
11. If you plan to use the expanded, 19-slot mail slot, leave the right magazine of the
base module empty. Go to "Load the Magazines in the Expansion Modules" on
page 3-15.
The right magazine will be used
as the mail slot expansion.
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