HP 20-700 Manuale Utente

Chapter 4

Manual Operation 131

Chapter 4

Loading/Unloading Cartridges Manually

When the library is offline, you can—after taking adequate precautions—load 

a cartridge into a drive or unload a cartridge from a drive. The following 

pages provide manual load and unload procedures for DLT, Ultrium, and 

9840 drives.

Note

If you manually load any cartridges into a drive, you should 

manually unload them from the drive when the drive’s operation 

is finished. Place them into a cell or remove them from the 

library.

Loading a Cartridge into a DLT Drive

DLT drives contain load handle mechanisms to assist the drive in loading 

cartridges. The load lever can be seen on the front of these drives. Follow the 

directions below to manually load a DLT drive.

Caution

Potential equipment damage: Before you load a cartridge into 

the drive, you must make sure power is on and the Operate 

Handle indicator is steadily on (not flashing).