Method of operating a roll stand for stepped rolling of metal strip, wherein an outlet-side strip store with at least one roller unit and winding-up coiler are downstream of the roll stand on the outlet side as seen in material flow direction; and wherein the method comprises the following steps: - feeding the metal strip at the inlet side into the roll stand; - stepped rolling of the metal strip in the roll stand so that a leading and a trailing section (220, 210) of the metal strip have different thicknesses with a thickness difference Δh i; - running the metal strip through the outlet-side strip store; and - coiling up the metal strip with the different thicknesses behind the strip store to form a coil with the help of the winding-up coiler; - regulating the position of the roller unit of the outlet-side strip store to respective target positions P soll v, P soll n individually predetermined for the leading section and the trailing section of the metal strip and - regulating the outlet-side strip tension of the metal strip to a predetermined outlet-side target strip tension with the help of the winding-up coiler as setting element, wherein an unwinding coiler for providing the metal strip and at least one outlet side strip store, which is between the unwinding coiler and the roll stand, for the metal strip are arranged at the roll stand on its inlet side, characterised in that the method further comprises the following step: - regulating the rotational speed of the unwinding coiler to a predetermined unwinding target rotational speed. wherein the method comprises the following steps: - feeding the metal strip at the inlet side into the roll stand; - stepped rolling of the metal strip in the roll stand so that a leading and a trailing section (220, 210) of the metal strip have different thicknesses with a thickness difference Δh i; - running the metal strip through the outlet-side strip store; and - coiling up the metal strip with the different thicknesses behind the strip store to form a coil with the help of the winding-up coiler; - regulating the position of the roller unit of the outlet-side strip store to respective target positions P soll v, P soll n individually predetermined for the leading section and the trailing section of the metal strip and - regulating the outlet-side strip tension of the metal strip to a predetermined outlet-side target strip tension with the help of the winding-up coiler as setting element, - feeding the metal strip at the inlet side into the roll stand; - stepped rolling of the metal strip in the roll stand so that a leading and a trailing section (220, 210) of the metal strip have different thicknesses with a thickness difference Δh i; - running the metal strip through the outlet-side strip store; and - coiling up the metal strip with the different thicknesses behind the strip store to form a coil with the help of the winding-up coiler; - regulating the position of the roller unit of the outlet-side strip store to respective target positions P soll v, P soll n individually predetermined for the leading section and the trailing section of the metal strip and - regulating the outlet-side strip tension of the metal strip to a predetermined outlet-side target strip tension with the help of the winding-up coiler as setting element, wherein an unwinding coiler for providing the metal strip and at least one outlet side strip store, which is between the unwinding coiler and the roll stand, for the metal strip are arranged at the roll stand on its inlet side, characterised in that the method further comprises the following step: - regulating the rotational speed of the unwinding coiler to a predetermined unwinding target rotational speed. - regulating the rotational speed of the unwinding coiler to a predetermined unwinding target rotational speed.