Cleaning A Drive; Enabling Auto Clean - StorageTek L180 Operator's Manual

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8. When you are finished, press the
status screen.

Cleaning a Drive

If you do not have the Auto Clean feature enabled, then when the library status
screen displays CLEAN NEEDED you will need to manually clean the drive.
To clean the drive:
1. Import the required cleaning cartridge by using the procedure described in
"Importing Cleaning Cartridges Through the CAP" on page
2. Press the
3. Press the arrow buttons until the cursor underscores DIAGNOSTICS.
4. Press the
(see
5. Press the arrow buttons until the cursor underscores DRIVE
DIAGNOSTICS.
6. Press the
7. Use the arrow buttons to highlight the desired drive.
8. Press the
9. Press the arrow buttons until the cursor underscores CLEAN DRIVE.
10. Press the
will be cleaned at the next opportunity.
11. When cleaning is complete, the robot will return the cleaning cartridge to a
reserved cell.
12. If you want to clean another drive (of the same type), press the
button to return to the list of drives, and repeat these steps.
13. When drive cleaning is complete, export the cleaning cartridge using the
procedure described in
on page
Update the cleaning cartridge label to indicate the number of uses.

Enabling Auto Clean

There are two ways to enable the Auto Clean feature:
1. Manually load valid cleaning cartridges into any of the cells that are
reserved for cleaning and diagnostic cartridges.
2. Import valid cleaning cartridges through the CAP.
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button to display the Main Menu.
MENU
button. The panel will display the Main Diagnostics Menu
SELECT
Figure 2-9 on page
2-9).
button. The screen will display a list of all installed drives.
SELECT
button. The diagnostics for drive menu appears.
SELECT
button. A message will appear to tell you that the drive
SELECT
"Exporting Cleaning Cartridges Through the CAP"
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button twice to return to the library
MENU
Cleaning a Drive
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MENU
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