Removing And Replacing A Tape Drive; Figure 5.1 Drive Sled Components Of Rear Panel; Table 5.1 Description For Figure 5.1 - Fujitsu ETERNUS LT40 S2 Installing, Starting Up And Maintaining

Chapter 5 Servicing the Tape Library

5.3 Removing and Replacing a Tape Drive

5.3 Removing and Replacing a Tape Drive
Tape drives are installed at the back of the library.
When replacing one drive in a two drive configuration, you can power down the drive that you are replacing
without interrupting power to the rest of the library.
This part is hot pluggable. It is not mandatory to power down the library to replace a drive.
■ To remove a tape drive
Procedure
1
Using your Remote Management Unit or the Operator Control Panel, unload the tape
cartridge(s) from the drive to be removed.

Figure 5.1 Drive sled components of rear panel

Table 5.1
Steps
1
2
3,4
6
Before pulling the lower drive sled please pull forward the product ID slide located below the drive
sled (see
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT40 S2/LT60 S2 LTO Library Installing, Starting Up and Maintaining
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Power down the library using the power button on the front pan.
The LED on the tape drive being removed is off.
Remove the power cable, if applicable from the tape drive being removed.
Loosen the captive thumbscrews on the drive.
Figure 5.2). Otherwise the slide or the attached label could be damaged.
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