User's Guide

Operating Your Autoloader Ejecting a Cartridge or Magazine
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Loading a Magazine into the Autoloader
1. Make sure the autoloader is powered on and operating normally.
2. Hold the magazine so that the slot numbers are right-side-up.
3. Write-protect or write-enable the magazine as appropriate. For more information, refer to
“Write-Protecting a DAT Cartridge and Magazine” on page 33.
4. Insert the magazine into the autoloader with the triangles facing into the autoloader bay, as
shown below. Gently push the magazine into the autoloader bay until the autoloader
mechanism senses the magazine and pulls it inside.
Figure 10. Loading a Magazine into the Autoloader
Ejecting a Cartridge or Magazine
To eject the magazine from the autoloader, press the Eject button. If the drive mechanism contains a
cartridge, the LCD display shows the message “EJECT? PRESS ENTER”. Press the Enter button, and
wait for the following events to complete:
1. The tape rewinds to the beginning-of-partition (BOP) mark.
2. If the data cartridge is not write-protected, the operating system writes the updated copy of the
tape log back to the tape.
3. The tape rewinds to the beginning-of-media (BOM) and is unthreaded.
4. The changer places the cartridge back into the magazine.
CAUTION: Do not load a magazine if all the LED’s are flashing; this indicates that the
autoloader is performing a Power On Self Test (POST).