User Manual

Operating the 5258ACL Tape Drive

5258ACL Installation and User’s Guide—522345-001

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Write Protection

To prevent accidental erasure of your data, each media cartridge has a write-protect

switch. When active, this switch prevents data from being written to the cartridge.

To enable write-protection, move the switch on the front of the cartridge down, so that

the small orange rectangle appears.

To disable write-protection, move the switch up so that the orange rectangle is not

visible.

When a write-protected cartridge is inserted into the drive, the yellow Write Protect

LED on the panel lights.

Loading and Unloading Tapes

The Load/Unload menu enables you to specify a source and a destination for a cartridge

movement. As a result, the procedure to load is the same for unloading. To load or

unload a tape from the front panel of the module, use the Load/Unload menus as shown

in Figure 3-24.

Figure 3-24. Default Screen

Note that DLT1 has a tape loaded. When this screen indicates DLT1 Idle, the drive has a

cartridge loaded and is awaiting instructions. Note also that Slot 1 of the magazine has a

cartridge present, while the remaining slots are empty.

From the Default screen, enter the Menu mode by pressing Enter. The Main menu

shown in Figure 3-25

appears.

Figure 3-25. Main Menu

Caution. For valuable data, always make sure that the cartridge is write-protected before

inserting it into the drive.

Note. If the control panel has been locked, the screen shown in

Figure 3-9 appears. If the

unlock code is unknown, contact the system administrator.

SDLT1 Idle

Loader Idle

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Load/Unload

Unlock Door

Show Status Menu

Maintenance Menu #