Locating Reserved Cells; Cleaning And Diagnostic Cartridge Starter Kits; Table 6-2. Cleaning And Diagnostic Cartridge Starter Kits - StorageTek L180 Installation Manual

Locating Reserved Cells

Figure 1-6 on page 1-7
six-cell array below the CAP.
CAUTION:
Swap cell: Do not place any cartridges into the top cell. This is the swap
cell and it is reserved for in-transit cartridges.
The swap has two functions:
• It allows the robot to swap tapes within the library.
• It is used as a temporary holding place if the library loses power and the
The cells below the swap cell are reserved for cleaning and/or diagnostic
cartridges. You may place any type of cleaning or diagnostic cartridge into any
of these other reserved cells.
To insert diagnostic and cleaning cartridges into the library manually:
1. Open the front door of the library by unlocking the top and bottom latches.
2. Make sure that the swap cell (top-most reserved cell) is empty.
3. Place the cleaning and diagnostic cartridges into any of the other five cells.
See
within cells.

Cleaning and Diagnostic Cartridge Starter Kits

StorageTek offers cleaning and diagnostic cartridge starter kits that contain one
diagnostic and one cleaning cartridge with labels for each drive type; these are
listed in

Table 6-2. Cleaning and Diagnostic Cartridge Starter Kits

Tape Drive
T9840
DLT
SDLT 220
HP LTO Ultrium Vertical Labels
IBM LTO Ultrium Vertical Labels
Seagate LTO Ultrium Vertical Labels
See Table 6-3 on page 6-6
95896
shows the location of the "reserved cell" area, which is a
robot has a cartridge in hand.
Figure 6-6 on page 6-14
Table 6-2.
for more information about cartridges and labels.
Eleventh Edition
StorageTek Proprietary
Installing Diagnostic and Cleaning Cartridges
if you are unsure about how to orient tapes
Kit
313688601
313688001
313688101
313688301
313688501
313688401
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