Labeling And Loading Tape Cartridges - IBM TS4300 User Manual

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The library has many features to customize it for your organization. Go to "Locating Management
functions" on page 79 to customize your library with these features.
• Enabling or disabling the I/O station.
• Naming the library with the Manage Logical Library function.
• Creating or managing Logical Libraries. See "Library sharing" on page 23 for more information.
• Selecting Random or Sequential Mode. See "Random and Sequential Logical Library modes" on page 26
for more information.
• Enabling and configuring SNMP network management.
• Setting up email event notification.
• Setting up encryption.
• Configuring the date and time.
• Enabling or disabling Library Auto Clean. See "Methods of cleaning drives" on page 86.

Labeling and loading tape cartridges

The library can power on without cartridges, but needs cartridges before it can complete data read and
write operations, or any tests or operations that transfer cartridges.
Bar code labels are highly recommended in production environments to improve inventory time in the
library and ease cartridge-handling processes outside the library. See "Bar code label" on page 205.
The I/O station
If the I/O station is enabled, you can use it to load cartridges into the library. Press the magazine button
for less than 3 seconds. When the button LED starts flashing fast, pull out the I/O station. The right
magazine will only pull out part way to reveal five slots.
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