Using The Mailbox - Quantum Scalar 218FC User Manual

Using the Mailbox

On-Line Mode
The application software can use the Mailbox as a cartridge
input/output element only if it is first enabled. See
Mode Menus, Configuration Menu, Enable Mailbox
of this manual for additional information.
In the On-Line mode, the application software controls the Mailbox. The application may add, or
remove, a single cartridge, or a complete backup data set may be exchanged, one cartridge at a time.
The cartridge must be placed into or removed from the Mailbox slot manually, whenever the application
requests. When adding or removing a cartridge to/from the Mailbox slot, open the plastic window
covering the slot to provide access.
Off-Line Mode
Moving a Cartridge to a Drive or Storage Slot
Use the Mailbox to place a data or cleaning cartridge directly into a drive or a storage slot.
Open the plastic door over the Mailbox slot.
Place the cartridge into the slot with the write-protect switch up, and facing toward you.
Close the plastic door.
Use the Off-Line mode Diagnostics Menu Pick from Mailbox function to have the Picker
move a cartridge from the Mailbox slot to a drive or storage slot. See Appendix B Diagnostics
Menu, later in this manual, for complete descriptions of the Pick and Place functions.
Moving a Cartridge to the Mailbox Slot
Move a data or cleaning cartridge from a drive or storage slot to the Mailbox as follows:
Use the Off-Line mode Diagnostics Menu, Place in Mailbox function to have the Picker
move a cartridge from a drive or storage slot to the Mailbox slot. See Appendix B Diagnostics
Menu, later in this manual, for complete descriptions of the Pick and Place functions.
Open the plastic door over the Mailbox slot.
Remove the cartridge from the Mailbox manually.
Close the plastic door.
Note
Off-Line
in
Operation and Maintenance
Chapter 4
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