IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 3580 L23 Setup And Operator Manual page 82

4. Press the unload button once per second until 3 appears in the single-character
5. Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to select
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IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive Setup and Operator Guide
Note: If a cartridge is in the tape drive, it will eject the first time that you press
the unload button and the drive will not be placed in maintenance
mode. To continue placing the drive in maintenance mode, perform the
preceding step.
display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code,
press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.)
the function. Immediately after the following message displays, insert a scratch
(blank) data cartridge that is not write protected (or the tape drive exits
maintenance mode).
After you insert the scratch data cartridge, the flashing C in the single-character
display changes to 3 and the following message displays:
followed by:
The tape drive copies the FMR data to the scratch data cartridge.
Note: If you inserted an invalid or write-protected tape cartridge, 7 appears in
the single-character display. The tape drive unloads the cartridge and
exits maintenance mode.
v If the tape drive creates the FMR tape successfully, it rewinds and unloads
the new tape, exits maintenance mode, and is ready to use the tape. The
following message displays:
followed by: