L180/700/L1400 - How to Import Data Cartridges Through CAP

Asset ID:	1-71-1013651.1
Update Date:	2012-07-30
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Solution 1013651.1 : L180/700/L1400 - How to Import Data Cartridges Through CAP

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek L180 Tape Library - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek L700 Tape Library - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek L1400 Tape Library - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms
Checked for relevance on 26-July-2012.

Goal

How to Import Data Cartridges through CAP (Cartridge Access Port).

Fix

Steps to Follow
Importing Data Cartridges through the CAP

To unlock the CAP, open it, and import data cartridges:

1. Enter the console command to unlock the CAP.

2. Press the CAP A or CAP B button on the operator panel to open the CAP.

The indicator will light.

CAUTION:

Possible halt to operation or damage to components. You must enter the cartridges properly or you might damage the robot or the drive, or cause the library to stop operating. Use only cartridges designed for your type of drives.

3. Load cartridges into the magazine.

You can do this one of two ways:

a. Pull out and down on the magazine handle.

b. Remove the magazine by lifting it out.

Note: You can use the snap-on retention cartridge cover to keep cartridges in place when carrying the magazine. Remove the clear cover from the back of the magazine by lifting the side edge. To protect the cartridges, place the slots on one edge of the cover into the grooves on the side of the magazine's top panel and snap the other edge into place.

4. Place the cartridges into the magazine so that they lie flat, with the bar code up and the reel facing away from you.

CAUTION:

Remove the retention cover before loading the magazine into the CAP.

5. Return the magazine to its closed position.

6. Press the CAP A or CAP B button on the operator panel to close the CAP.

note: StorageTek strongly advises that you do not import unlabeled cartridges. Your client software determines what happens when you import a cartridge with an unreadable label. Under ordinary conditions, the camera on the hand audits the CAP and recognizes that a cartridge is present, but the hand does not move it.

You must remove the cartridge from the CAP.

In this situation, your software might direct the library to stop operating. Some software might prompt you to type in a label number when no VOLSER is read.

Typing in a label number might cause a problem later during an audit because the camera still will not be able to read the unreadable VOLSER on the cartridge.

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