Spectra T950 - Power Off the Library

Chapter 5 — Operating the Library Controlling the Library Power
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Power Off the Library
Beforepoweringoffthelibrary,usethefollowingstepstoprepareforshut‐
down.
1. Useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretostopanybackupsrunningto
thelibrary.
2. PausePostScanifitisrunning(seePausethePostScanProcesson
page307).Anytapescurrentlybeingscannedarereturnedtotheir
storagelocations.
3. Poweroffthelibraryusingoneofthemethodsdescribedinthe
followingsections.
Note: Ifyouintendtoleave thelibrarypowereddownforanextended
lengthoftime,settheACbreakerswitchesonthebackofthe
library(seeFigure92onpage158)totheoffpositionafteryou
poweroffthelibrary.
Use the Front Panel Power Button
Topoweroffthelibrary,pressandholdthefrontpanelpowerbuttonfor
approximately5seconds(thebutton’sLEDstartsflashing).Thelibrary
beginsitspower‐offsequence,whichallowstheBlueScalesoftwareand
componentstoshutdowngracefully.
Use the Soft Power Feature
TheSoftPowerfeaturedisablesthephysicalpowerbuttononthelibrary
frontpanelandenablesthesoftpowerbuttonontheGeneralStatusscreen.
UsingtheSoftPowerfeaturegivesuserswithsuperuserprivileges
exclusivecontroloverpoweringthelibraryoff;othertypesofuserscannot
poweroffthelibrary,
eitherbyusingthephysicalpowerbuttononthe
libraryfrontpanelortheSoftPowerbuttonontheGeneralStatusscreen.
Notes:  TheSoftPowerfeatureisonlyavailablefromthelibrary’s
frontpaneltouchscreeninterface;itisnotavailablethrough
theBlueScalewebinterface(RLC).
 WhenyouclicktheSoftPowerbutton,youmustrespondtoa
confirmationmessagebeforethelibraryispoweredoff.
 TheSoftPowerfeaturemustbeenabledontheSystemSetup
screenbeforeyoucanuseit(see
EnableSoftPoweron
page113).
 Thefeaturecanonlybeenabledordisabledbyasuperuser.
FollowthesestepstopoweroffthelibraryusingtheSoftPowerfeature.
1. Logintothelibraryasauserwithsuperuserprivileges(seeLogIntothe
UserInterfaceonpage93).
2. Fromthetoolbar,accesstheGeneralStatusscreen.