Table of Contents
Advertisement
Whenever you unload a tape cartridge, the drive writes any pertinent information
to the cartridge memory.
Mid-tape Recovery
If reset occurs while a cartridge is loaded, the drive will slowly rewind the tape
and eject the cartridge. If a power cycle occurs while a cartridge is loaded, the
drive will slowly rewind the tape. The drive will not automatically eject the
cartridge.
The Ready light flashes and the SCD displays random segments during tape
movement. Push the Unload Button to eject the cartridge when the Ready light
stops flashing.
Cleaning the Drive Head
Attention: When cleaning the drive head, use the IBM LTO Ultrium Cleaning
Cartridge (see "Media Supplies" on page C-4). You may use another LTO cleaning
cartridge, but it may not meet the standards of reliability established by IBM.
Clean the drive head whenever
the Fault light is flashing once per second. It is not recommended that you clean
the drive head on a periodic basis; only when the drive requests to be cleaned.
Note: In Maintenance Mode, a flashing
To clean the head, insert the cleaning cartridge into the tape load compartment (see
"Front panel of the drive" on page 1-2). The drive performs the cleaning
automatically in less than two minutes then ejects the cartridge. The drive will
perform a short Load/Unload Test while ejecting the drive. Wait for the drive to
finish before removing the cartridge.
Note: The drive will automatically eject an expired cleaning cartridge.
The IBM LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge is valid for 50 uses.
Cleaning the tape drive
Clean the exterior surface of the tape drive with a damp towel. If a liquid
all-purpose cleaner is used, apply it to the towel. Do not spray the tape drive.
Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions
The drive can:
v Run diagnostics
v Test write and read functions
v Test a suspect tape cartridge
v Update firmware
v Perform other diagnostic and maintenance functions
The drive must be in maintenance mode to perform these functions.
3-6
TS2230 Tape Drive Setup, Operator and Service manual
insert a cartridge, not clean the drive head.
C
displays on the Single-character Display and
C
with the Fault light On, means to
Advertisement
Table of Contents
