SLR 25/50 Gbyte
A26361-H583-Z100-1-7419
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Magnetic tape cartridges and cleaner cartridges (dry cleaning) for the drive can be
ordered directly from:
Siemens Plus Sales Office
Telephone: Germany 0180 52 52 723, Fax: 0180 52 52 724
or via Internet
http://www.siemensplus.de
Although magnetic tape cartridges do not require any special maintenance, some basic rules should
be followed:
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The cartridges must never be stored in high temperatures.
The cartridges are not to be stored or operated in high-humidity and in dusty
environments.
The cartridges must be kept out of direct sunlight.
The cartridges are not to be placed near magnetic fields.
Do not turn off the system or remove the cartridge from the streamer when the tape drive
is reading from or writing to the cartridge.
Always leave the protective cover over the opening for the write/read head. Never touch
the magnetic tape.
Always observe the conditions for storing archiving cartridges (see the chapter "
data
").
Always keep the cartridges in the protective covers provided.
New cartridges should be acclimatized to the ambient temperature up to four hours prior
to use.
As a rule, new cartridges should be wound forward once to the end of the tape and
rewound to the beginning, and the drive then cleaned using a cleaning cartridge (see the
chapter "
".)
Inserting a tape cartridge
!
When inserting the tape cartridge, ensure that the label side is facing up. The side on
which the magnetic tape is visible must be on the right.
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Slide the cartridge slowly into the drive until the autoload mechanism starts pulling the cartridge
in.
Once initialization has been completed, the "Ready" indicator is illuminated.
Removing a tape cartridge
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Push the eject button.
The ongoing command is terminated and buffered data will be written to the tape. Depending on the
application, the inserted cartridge will be rewound. This may take up to three minutes. The cartridge
will then be ejected from the unloading mechanism.
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Remove the tape cartridge from the drive.
!
The eject button can be locked using an SCSI command (Prevent Media Removal).
If a magnetic tape cartridge cannot be removed from the drive in the way described, and
the eject button is not locked, please contact our customer service center.
