Unloading A Cartridge; Removing Power From The Drive; Ejecting A Cartridge - StorageTek LTO User Manual

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Unloading a cartridge

CAUTION:
Never try to remove a cartridge before it is fully ejected.
1.
Press the Eject button on the front panel.
1. Eject button
Figure 15 Ejecting a cartridge
.
2.
The drive will complete its current task, rewind the tape to the beginning, and eject the cartridge. The rewind process
may take up to 10 minutes. The Ready light will flash to indicate that the unload is still in progress.

Removing power from the drive

To ensure reliable operation, do not remove power from the drive during read, write, fast-search, load and unload activities.
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Operating your tape drive

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