Cleaning The Tape Mechanism; Occasional Cleaning Of Tape Head; Sdlt 600A; Life Expectancy Of The Cleaning Tape - Quantum Tape Drive A-Series User Manual

Cleaning the Tape Mechanism

Occasional Cleaning of
Tape Head

SDLT 600A

Life Expectancy of the
Cleaning Tape
Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User's Guide
This section discusses the tape drive cleaning tape, maintenance
considerations, and important compatibility issues.
When the
Note:
and Tape
LTO) to clean the unit. Do not clean the tape drive unless the
tape drive specifically indicates cleaning is necessary.
A-Series Tape Drives occasionally require preventive cleaning. The
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amount of ambient pollution and particulates in the environment, to a
large degree, dictates the cleaning frequency.
Clean your tape drive only when cleaning is necessary. The alert LED
located on the front bezel of the tape drive will notify you when to clean
the tape drive. The location of this LED (and other front bezel LEDs) is
shown in Front Panel LEDs and Tape
Clean the SDLT 600A tape drive with the SDLT cleaning tape and the
LTO-3A tape drive with the LTO cleaning tape.
Use only the SDLT or LTO Cleaning Tape. Other cleaning
Caution:
tapes are incompatible with the A-Series tape drive heads.
The SDLT 600A tape drive uses a built-in tape cleaning algorithm in
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conjunction with a cleaning tape. The SDLT CleaningTape is packaged in
a plastic case, and is light gray in color.
A yellow LED located on the front bezel of the SDLT 600A tape drive
indicates when cleaning is needed;
shows the location of this LED (and other front bezel LEDs).
Each SDLT Cleaning Tape is good for 20 uses. Use one of the labels that is
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supplied with the tape to track the number of uses. If the cleaning LED
stays lit after you clean the drive, the tape life has expired. Acquire a new
cleaning tape and repeat the cleaning process.
LED is lit (see
Cleaning Required
Eject), use the appropriate cleaning tape (SDLT or
Eject.
Front Panel LEDs and Tape Eject
Cleaning the Tape Mechanism
Front Panel LEDs
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