About Tape Drive Operations - Quantum scalar i500 User Manual

About Tape Drive Operations

Scalar i500 User's Guide
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• From the Web client, select
.
drive
• From the operator panel, select
You can perform the following tape drive operations:
• Upgrade tape drive firmware using a firmware image file. For more
information, see
Firmware on page 286.
• Retrieve tape drive logs. Tape drive logs can be retrieved from any
tape drive installed in the library. For more information, see
Retrieving Tape Drive Logs
• Retrieve tape drive sled logs. Tape drive sled logs can be retrieved
from any sled installed in the library. For more information, see
Retrieving Tape Drive Sled Logs
• Clean tape drives. Tape drive can be cleaned manually at any time.
For more information, see
• Upload/remove tape drive firmware for autoleveling. Available only
for FC tape drives connected to an FC I/O blade. For more
information, see
• Reset tape drives. Resetting a tape drive power cycles the tape drive
while the tape drive remains in the drive sled in the library. For more
information, see
• Force data path failover. For use with a Storage Networking license
and HP LTO-5 tape drives. See
page 161.
Tools > Drive Operations > Clean a tape
Tools > Drive Mgmt > Clean drive
Using an Image File to Upgrade Tape Drive
on page 501.
on page 502.
About Cleaning Tape Drives
Autoleveling Tape Drive Firmware
Drive Reset on page 520.
Forcing Data Path Failover
Chapter 9 Running Your Library
About Tape Drive Operations
on page 258.
on page 287.
on
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