IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 3580 L23, Setup And Operator Manual

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You can order tape cartridges with the bar code labels included, or you can order
custom labels. To obtain tape cartridges and bar code labels, see “Ordering Media
Supplies” on page 43.
Both generations of the LTO Ultrium Data Cartridge have a nominal cartridge life
of 5000 load and unload cycles.
Cleaning Cartridge
With each 3580 Ultrium 2 Tape Drive, a specially labeled IBM LTO Ultrium
Cleaning Cartridge is supplied to clean the drive heads. The drive itself determines
when a head needs to be cleaned. It alerts you by displaying
C
on the
single-character display. To clean the head, insert the IBM LTO Cleaning Cartridge
into the tape load compartment (see Figure 6 on page 21). The tape drive performs
the cleaning automatically. When the cleaning is finished, the drive ejects the
cartridge.
Note: If you insert a cleaning cartridge when the drive does not need to be
cleaned or if you insert a cleaning cartridge that has expired, the drive will
automatically eject the cartridge.
To remove a cleaning cartridge, see “Removing a Tape Cartridge” on page 21.
The IBM Cleaning Cartridges are valid for 50 uses. The cartridge’s LTO-CM chip
tracks the number of times that the cartridge is used.
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