Led Code Summary; Cleaning The Tape Heads; When To Clean The Tape Heads; How To Clean The Tape Heads - Seagate STD2401LW-S Product Manual

Drive operation and maintenance

LED Code summary

Cleaning the tape heads

When to clean the tape heads

How to clean the tape heads

The following table summarizes LED flash codes for the Scorpion 40.
LED Action
Clean ON (lit)
Flashing
Slowly
Flashing
Media ON (lit)
Flashing
Drive ON (lit)
Flashing
Rapidly
If excessive dust or debris from the tape media collects at one or more of the tape
heads, your drive may not be able to read from or write to tape. To avoid this
situation, you must clean the tape heads on your Scorpion 40 in the following
circumstances:
after every 25 hours of read/write operation using DDS-1 or DDS-2 tapes or
every 50 hours of operation using DDS-3 or DDS-4 tapes
if the Clean LED lights up or flashes, or
If the Media LED flashes during drive operation.
Note: If cleaning the head does not correct a flashing LED condition, try using a
new data cartridge.
To clean the tape heads on your drive, use only a Seagate-qualified DDS cleaning
cartridge. Seagate offers a cleaning cartridge, Model STDMCL, available from
Meaning
Cleaning is required because the drive has been
operated for at least 25 hours (DDS-1 and DDS-2)
or 50 hours (DDS-3 or DDS-4).
The internal error rate threshold has been
exceeded and cleaning is required.
The cleaning cartridge in the drive has exceeded its
useful life. Replace the old cleaning cartridge with a
new one.
A cartridge is inserted and is not generating
excessive errors.
The drive could not write the tape correctly (a write
error has occurred). Use a DDS cleaning cartridge
to clean the drive.
The drive is reading or writing the tape normally.
A hardware fault occurred.
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