Parking The Drive For Shipping - Seagate STU62001LW-S Installation Manual

Viper 200 Installation Manual
cleanings, all of the media will be used up and you must
purchase a new cleaning cartridge. When a cleaning
cartridge is used up, the amber Status LED flashes while the
green Drive LED remains on. Do not attempt to reuse a spent
cleaning cartridge
Note: The cleaning procedure will not run and the cleaning

Parking the drive for shipping

Seagate recommends that you "park" the Viper 200 before
shipping it or placing it in an environment where it may be
subject to physical shock. Parking the drive moves the tape
mechanism to the configuration that is resilient to shock. You
can park the Viper 200 using the Load/Unload button on the
front of the drive, or by running special software on your host
system. In either case, the drive must be powered up in order
to enter park mode.
Parking the drive using the load/unload button
To park a drive manually, press and hold the load/unload
button for 15 seconds or more. After you release the
load/unload button, the green Drive LED lights up and the
parking process begins. During the parking process, the
picker arm moves into the take-up reel and the cartridge
carrier moves to the load (down) position. After the process is
complete, the Drive LED goes off, indicating that the drive
has been successfully parked.
After parking the drive, you can turn the drive off and pack it
for shipping. When you turn the drive on again, it will
automatically return to normal operating mode.
cartridge will be ejected in the following
circumstances:
•
The drive does not recognize the cartridge as an
LTO cleaning cartridge.
•
The cleaning cartridge has been used too
recently. (The drive tries to prevent excessive
cleaning, which can cause wear on the heads.)
•
All of the tape on the cleaning cartridge has been
used up (at EOT). In this case, the Status LED will
flash rapidly while the Drive LED remains on.
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