Instruction Manual

Operation
M8701A / M8702A ACL Tape Library Installation and User’s Guide—694636-001
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Menu Structure
4. Press Enter to select the desired magazine to unlock.
5. Enter the administrator password if requested.
6. The display reads Left Magazine Unlocked or Right Magazine Unlocked.
7. Pull the released magazine out of the device.
8. The screen now displays Insert Left Magazine or Insert Right Magazine. The
device cannot perform any other operation until the magazine is replaced. After
exchanging tapes in a magazine, slide the magazine completely into the device.
The magazine locks into place once it is correctly installed and the device
inventories the magazine. The Ready LED blinks while the device inventories the
magazine and then stops when the operation is complete.
Cleaning a Tape Drive (Operations> Clean Drive)
When the Clean LED is on, a tape drive needs to be cleaned. Cleaning times can
range from a few seconds to a few minutes during which time the Ready LED blinks.
Use only the designated cleaning cartridge for your tape drive model.
Use only Ultrium Universal cleaning cartridges.
If you use the operator control panel to clean the tape drive, load the cleaning cartridge
into an empty slot before beginning the cleaning steps. If you would like to keep a
cleaning cartridge in the device, the backup software must manage tape drive cleaning
or be configured to bypass the slot containing the cleaning cartridge.
To clean the tape drive:
1. Make sure a cleaning cartridge is in one of the magazines.
2. From the Home Screen, press Previous or Next until the screen displays
Operations. Press Enter to select.
3. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays Clean Drive. Press Enter to select.
4. Use Previous or Next until the screen displays Drive 1 or Drive 2. The second line
can display either Clean Required or Good for both drives. Select the drive for
Clean Required.
5. When the screen displays the correct drive, press Enter. The screen displays either
Cleaning Tape Slot 4 or Cleaning Tape Slot XX, where XX represents flashing
blocks. If a slot number is displayed, the tape in that slot has a bar code label
identifying the tape as a cleaning tape. If a slot number is displayed, continue to
Step 6. If no slot number is displayed, it indicates that the device is not able to
IMPORTANT. If the cleaning cartridge is not a valid cleaning cartridge, the LCD screen
displays Invalid Tape and the cartridge is returned to its original location.
IMPORTANT. If the Clean LED or the Attention LED (on load or unload) lights when inserting
the same cartridge after you have cleaned the drive, there may be a problem with that
cartridge.