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2-4. Handling the LTO Tape Cartridges
2-4-1. Inserting and Mounting a Tape Cartridge
Before inserting an LTO tape cartridge, be sure that the Monitoring screen is displayed
on the LCD monitor. LTO tape cartridge that is inserted immediately after powering on
may not mount properly.
There are two methods for mounting LTO cartridge tapes: auto-mounting and manual-
mounting. Refer to section 4-10-1. "LTO Driver Maintenance Menu Screen" for more details.
Automatic Tape Mounting
(1) Insert an LTO tape cartridge, pointing in the direction shown in the figure, horizontally.
(2) The LTO tape will automatically mount.
(
*
1,)
Tape Mounting using the Menu
(1) With the LTO tape cartridge pointing in the direction shown in the figure, insert it
horizontally.
(2) Press the [
MENU
] button to open the
Main Menu
screen.
(3)
Select “
LTO Operations
” to open the
LTO Operations
screen.
(4) When the
LTO Operations
screen has appeared, select “
Mount LTO tape
” to mount a
tape.
(
*
2)
*1 Note that tapes cannot be automatically mounted if a menu screen other than
Monitoring
(startup
screen) as shown below has been appears.
*2 It takes 30 seconds to a minute for mounting to be completed. It may take several minutes if there
are many files.
