Users Guide

Removing a Tape Drive Sled
1. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE A DRIVE DUMP FOR ANALYSIS IF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS EXIST:
v Library Error LED is ON.
v Operator Control Panel is displaying a drive error message.
v Web User Interface System Status screen is indicating that a drive has failed.
IF NONE OF THE CONDITIONS LISTED ABOVE EXIST, PROCEED TO THE NEXT STEP.
2. Power OFF the library before removing and/or installing a SCSI drive sled. Fibre Channel and SAS
drive sleds are hot pluggable and may be removed and installed while the library is powered ON.
3. If necessary, unload the tape cartridge from the drive to be removed.
v Using the Operator Control Panel: Control > Move Cartridges
v Using the Web User Interface: Manage Library > Move Media
4. Remove the host interface cable (▌1▐, ▌2▐, or ▌4▐ in Figure 141) and terminator (▌3▐ for SCSI drive
sled only).
▌1▐ SCSI cable
▌2▐ SAS cable
▌3▐ SCSI terminator
▌4▐ Fibre Channel cable
▌5▐ Ethernet cable
▌6▐ Power cords
▌7▐ Drive sled blue captive thumbscrews
▌8▐ Black pull-out tab
▌9▐ Drive sled
▌10▐ Drive sled handle
5. If present, remove the conductive tape from the drive sled (refer to Figure 144 on page 184).
6. Loosen the blue captive thumbscrews (▌7▐ in Figure 141) on the drive sled.
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Figure 141. Drive sled components (full height fibre drive in top position, half height SCSI drive in middle position, half
height SAS drive in bottom position) on back panel of a 4U library
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