Unload push button
Table 2: Unload button functions
Function performed by unload button How to initiate the function
Rewind the tape into the cartridge and eject the
cartridge from the tape drive
Press the unload button once. The status light
flashes green while the tape drive is rewinding and
unloading.
Note: During a rewind and eject operation, the tape
drive does not accept SCSI or Fibre Channel
commands from the server.
Place the tape drive in maintenance mode
Ensure that the tape is unloaded. Then, press the
unload push button three times within one second.
You are in maintenance mode when the light
becomes solid amber and 0 appears in the single-
character display.
Note: While in maintenance mode, the tape drive
does not accept SCSI or Fibre Channel interface
commands.
Scroll through the maintenance functions While in maintenance mode, push the unload
button once per second to increment the display
characters by one. When you reach the character
of the diagnostic or maintenance function that you
want (see ), 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. Maintenance mode is exited when
the status light becomes solid green and the
single-character display becomes blank.
Table Continued
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