Loading The 8-Mm Tape Cartridge - IBM Enterprise Server S80 User Manual

Note: If a fault or an error condition occurs, first try to recover by pressing the unload

Loading the 8-mm Tape Cartridge

Before loading the tape cartridge, make sure the power is on and the write-protect tab
on the tape cartridge is properly set. Refer to "Setting the Write-Protect Tab on 8-mm
Tape Cartridges" on page 25. The tape drive loads the tape from the cartridge and
prepares it for reading and writing.
To load the 8-mm tape cartridge, do the following:
1. Grasp the edges of the 8-mm tape cartridge with the write-protect tab toward you
and the window side of the cartridge facing up.
2. Slide the tape cartridge into the opening on the front of the 8-mm tape drive until
the loading mechanism pulls the cartridge into the drive and the drive door closes.
The ready status light (green) goes on if the load operation was successful.
Window Side of
Tape Cartridge
Ready Status
Light (Green)
The 8-mm tape drive is ready for data operations when the tape cartridge is inserted.
After the cartridge is inserted into the tape drive, the tape takes about 25 seconds to
load; this does not interfere with beginning the data operations.
Commands can be entered while the tape is loading. Any commands to the tape drive
start running once the tape has finished loading. Commands not requiring the tape
cartridge are run immediately.
button. If this does not correct the fault, switch off the power to the 8-mm tape
drive, and then switch on the power to the drive. If the condition continues, call
your service representative.
8-mm Tape Cartridge
Write-Protect Tab
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