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Step 6: Verify installation
Once you have installed the drive hardware, you should verify that it is functioning properly
before you store your valuable data.
Check operation
Ensure that you have downloaded any drivers and upgrades necessary for your backup
application (see page 5).
1 Switch on the autoloader and server.
The power indicator will light up and the autoloader will run its hardware self-test, during
which the front panel lights will flash and the message
Self Test displays. The autoloader
also displays the serial number; the display alternates between the
Self Test message
and the serial number. At the end of the self-test, all lights will go out and the front panel
message will say
Insert Mag. (Read more about the front panel lights and messages in the
electronic User’s Guide on the HP StorageWorks Tape CD-ROM.)
If the self-test fails, the Operator Attention Required light (bottom) changes to steady amber
and the other lights go off. If this occurs, try switching the autoloader off, then on again. If the
test still fails, call for service.
2 You are now ready to install backup software, as required (see page 5), and carry out a
backup and restore test to check that the drive can write data to tape. Use a blank cartridge
and follow the instructions given in your backup application.
To load a magazine
1 Place the required number of cartridges in the magazine so that they point towards the center
of the magazine. You can use any number of cartridges from 1 to 6, and can place the
cartridges in any of the magazine slots. However, for ease and speed of use, start by using
slot 1. (HP OBDR requires a cartridge in slot 1, see page 36.)
2 Insert the magazine through the door in the front of the autoloader. Make sure that the large
arrow is uppermost and pointing towards the autoloader, as shown in figure 8.
3 Apply steady pressure until the mechanism takes the magazine and pulls it into the autoloader.
The autoloader will then check which magazine slots contain cartridges.
4 When the magazine check is complete, use either your backup software on the host server or
the autoloader's front panel buttons to select and load a cartridge from the magazine into the
drive.
5 The drive now performs a load sequence. This takes a maximum of 25 seconds from the time
the cartridge is inserted to the time the drive is ready to start acting upon the next command
from the host. See the electronic User’s Guide on the HP StorageWorks Tape CD-ROM for more
information about the load sequence and autoloader modes.
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