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LED to indicate the drive needs cleaning. The tape drive will continue to operate but the tape drive
should be cleaned at the next opportunity to insert a cleaning cartridge.
To clean the tape drive, complete the following steps:
1. Make sure that the power is on to the tape drive.
2. If a tape cartridge is in the tape drive, eject and remove the cartridge.
Note: Some cleaning cartridges have white dots on the window side that are designed to be used to
log the use of the cartridge. Each time the cartridge is used, mark one of the dots on the cartridge
with a pen or marker. When all of the dots have been marked, discard the cleaning cartridge.
3. Grasp the cleaning cartridge by the outer edges, with the window-side up and the write-protect
switch facing you.
4. Slide the cartridge into the opening on the front of the drive until the loading mechanism pulls the
cartridge into the drive and the drive door closes.
After the cleaning cartridge has been inserted, the remainder of the cleaning process is automatic. The
tape drive does the following actions:
v Loads the cleaning cartridge into the tape drive.
v Cleans the drive by moving the cleaning tape forward for approximately 30 seconds.
v Unloads the cleaning cartridge when the cleaning operation is complete.
v Indicates a successful cleaning operation by turning off the Fault status light (if the Fault light was on
prior to the cleaning process.
Note: If the cleaning operation completes but the Fault light remains on, repeat the cleaning procedure
with a new cleaning cartridge. If the light still remains on, contact your authorized service provider.
To determine how many times a cleaning cartridge can be used, check the information printed on the
cartridge. If you attempt to use a depleted cleaning cartridge, the tape drive automatically detects the
error and ejects the cartridge. If the Fault status light was on prior to the cleaning process, it stays on; if
the Fault light was off, the depleted cartridge causes the light to come on.
If a system error occurs, clean the drive and retry the operation. If the operation fails, replace the data
cartridge, clean the drive again, then retry the operation.
Loading and unloading cartridges
Learn about loading and unloading tape cartridges from this drive.
To avoid problems with loading and unloading, use only one label on a cartridge. If the cartridge has too
many or poorly-placed labels, the drive-load mechanism might clog.
Loading a cartridge
To load a cartridge, complete the following steps:
1. Make sure that the tape device power is on.
2. Grasp the cartridge by the outer edges, with the window side up and the write-protect switch facing
you.
Note: Make sure that the write-protect switch is correctly set.
3. Slide the cartridge into the opening on the front of the device until the loading mechanism pulls the
cartridge into the drive and the drive door closes.
To indicate that the load operation was successful, the Ready status light comes on.
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