Contents
Safety notices ................................vii
Managing devices for the 8233-E8B or 8236-E8C ..................1
Managing tape drives ................................1
Tape drives ...................................1
Tape drive media .................................3
Preparing the tape drive for installation .........................8
800/1600 GB Ultrium 4 SAS tape drive (FC 5746) ......................9
Eject button functions on the tape drive (FC 5746) .....................9
Status lights (FC 5746) ..............................10
Tape cartridges (FC 5746) .............................13
Setting the write-protect switch (FC 5746) .......................14
Cleaning the tape drive (FC 5746) ..........................14
Maintenance mode (FC 5746) ...........................15
Resetting the tape drive .............................17
Performing the internal self-test (FC 5746) .......................17
200/400 GB Half High Ultrium 2 tape drive (FC 5755) ....................19
Cleaning the tape drive (FC 5755) ..........................19
Setting the write-protect switch (FC 5755) .......................20
Status lights (FC 5755) ..............................21
Tape cartridges (FC 5755) .............................23
Resetting the tape drive (FC 5755) ..........................24
Performing the internal self-test (FC 5755) .......................24
160/320 GB internal tape drive VXA-320 (FC 6279) .....................26
Cleaning the tape drive (FC 6120 and 6279).......................27
Loading and unloading tape cartridges ........................28
Loading a tape cartridge ............................28
Unloading a tape cartridge ...........................28
Setting the write-protect switch (FC 6279) .......................28
Status lights (FC 6279) ..............................29
Performing the internal self-test (FC 6120 or 6279) ....................31
Tape cartridges (FC 6279) .............................32
Resetting the tape drive .............................33
80/160 GB internal tape drive VXA-2 (FC 6120) ......................33
Cleaning the tape drive (FC 6120 and 6279).......................34
Loading and unloading tape cartridges ........................35
Loading a tape cartridge ............................35
Unloading a tape cartridge ...........................35
Setting the write-protect switch (FC 6120) .......................35
Status lights (FC 6120) ..............................36
Performing the internal self-test (FC 6120 or 6279) ....................38
Tape cartridges (FC 6120) .............................39
Resetting the tape drive .............................40
60/150 GB 16-bit 8-mm internal tape drive (FC 6134) ....................41
Cleaning the tape drive (FC 6134) ..........................42
Loading and unloading tape cartridges ........................43
Loading a tape cartridge ............................43
Unloading a tape cartridge ...........................43
Setting the write-protect switch (FC 6134) .......................43
Status lights (FC 6134) ..............................44
Tape cartridges (FC 6134) .............................46
Resetting the tape drive .............................46
36/72 GB Data72 4 mm internal tape drive (FC 6258 or 5907)..................47
Cleaning the tape drive (FC 6258 or 5907) .......................48
Loading and unloading tape cartridges ........................49
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