User's Guide

Chapter 2 Basic Library Operations
Inserting Tape Cartridges into the Load Port
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For more information about these procedures, refer to
Installing Tape Cartridges
on page 16.
2
With the load port door open, place the tape cartridges in any
available load port magazine slot (see figure 20
).
3
If the magazine is out of the load port, load the tape cartridges
into the magazine, then load the magazine into the load port.
The proper orientation for tape cartridge insertion is shown in
DLT/SDLT Cartridges
on page 17 and LTO Cartridges on
page 19.
4
Rotate the load port drum 180
o
so that the load port handle
faces you (see figure 19
).
Figure 19 Rotating
the Load Port Drum
5
Manually close the load port door by pushing the load port
assembly so that it is flush with the front surface of the library.
You will hear a “click” when it locks into position.
Warning:
Take care to keep fingers out of load port
openings when opening or closing the load port
door or when rotating the load port drum.
Load
drum
Load port
finger grip
port