Removing And Replacing A Tape Drive - HP StoreEver MSL2024 User And Service Manual

parallel SCSI bus. If the tape drive is the last device on the parallel SCSI bus, attach
the terminator to the other parallel SCSI connector on the tape drive.
IMPORTANT:
drive must have a SCSI terminator unless the tape drive is part of a properly terminated
chain. This includes tape drives without an attached SCSI cable.
6. If necessary, upgrade the library and drive firmware using Library & Tape Tools, the RMI,
or a USB flash drive.

Removing and replacing a tape drive

Tape drives are installed at the back of the library.
CAUTION:
robotics.
NOTE: This part is hot-swappable. You do not need to power off the library to replace a drive.
To remove a tape drive:
1. Using the RMI or the OCP, unload any tape cartridge from the drive you would like to remove,
if present.
2. Power off the drive from the OCP or RMI. ((For the MSL2024
(Support > Power On/Off Drives)" (page
see "Powering drives on and off (Support > Power on/off Drives)" (page
3. Make sure the LED on the tape drive is off (see
Figure 93 Drive LEDs
1. Tape drive LED
4. Remove the cables and terminator, if applicable, from the tape drive being removed.
5. Loosen the blue captive thumbscrews on the drive (see
drives have two captive thumbscrews; full-height drives have four captive thumbscrews.
Figure 94 Captive screws on the tape drive
188 Upgrading and servicing the tape library
For the library and tape drives to operate correctly, each SCSI tape
Powering off the master drive interrupts SCSI communication to the library and
"Powering a drive on or off
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