Load Ports And Magazines - HP ESL E-Series User Manual

Library Overview
Make it a practice to visually inspect your tape cartridges when loading or
removing them from your tape library. Taking a few minutes to check the
condition of your cartridges will lower the risk of repeated failures and help
ensure uninterrupted backup.
Note:
ordering sheet that shipped with your library.

Load ports and magazines

The load ports are mechanical devices in the front panel of the library that enable
you to import or export tape cartridges to and from the library via three tape
cartridge magazines without interrupting library operations.
There are 2 tape cartridge magazines in the left load port, and 4 in the right (see
Figure
SDLT and LTO libraries.
Table 4
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Caution: Always discard damaged tape cartridges. If a defective tape
cartridge is loaded into a tape drive it may damage the drive, potentially
requiring drive replacement.
For information on ordering tape cartridges and bar code labels, refer to the
6). The number of tape cartridges in these magazines differs between the
Table 3
lists SDLT slot count.
lists LTO slot count for various configurations;
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