HP EH920A - StorageWorks Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive, User Manual

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Replacing the tape blade chassis
There are fi ve stages to this process:
• Power down the tape blade and remove it from the blade enclosure
• Full-height partner server blades only: Remove the coupler plate from the faulty tape blade chassis
• Remove the good tape drive from the faulty tape blade chassis
• Insert the tape drive into the replacement chassis
• Install the replacement tape blade and power it up
Remove the tape blade
1. Power down the partner server blade. This powers down the tape blade, see
“ Powering the tape blade on and off ” on page 28.
NOTE:
Do not power down the partner server blade and remove power from the drive during
read, write, fast-search, load and unload activities.
NOTE:
If there is a half-height server blade in the device bay directly above the tape blade,
please remove it before you remove the tape blade. See the server blade documentation
for more details.
2. Grasp the metal release latch, at the bottom of the tape blade in c7000 enclosures and to the right
of the tape blade in c3000 enclosures, and pull forward until the locking mechanism disengages.
3.
Carefully pull the tape blade out from the enclosure.
CAUTION:
Do not pull on the tape drive bezel when removing the tape blade.
Tape Blade
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