Preparing The Sdlt Drive; Disassembling The Sdlt Drive - HP StorageWorks SDLT Series Reference Manual

Manually Removing a Cartridge

Preparing the SDLT Drive

1. Make sure the SDLT drive is powered off.
2. If the SDLT is:
3. The bezel, cover, and left guide must be removed in order to extract the

Disassembling the SDLT Drive

The following procedures describe how to remove components of the drive to
access the cartridge when it is inside the drive.
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— An internal drive, remove it from its enclosure (server, library, and so on)
and disconnect the power and SCSI cables.
— An external drive, remove the AC power cord and SCSI cables.
cartridge. It is also necessary to fully rewind all the tape into the cartridge. See
the following sections for procedures on removing these parts and rewinding
the cartridge.
SDLT Tape Drives Reference Guide