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Chapter 4: Operations
Cleaning the Drive Head
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QuantumLTO-8 HH SAS User’s Guide
Cleaning the Drive Head
Caution:
When cleaning the drive head, use the Quantum LTO
Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge. You may use another LTO
cleaning cartridge, but it may not meet the standards of
reliability established by Quantum.
Clean the drive head whenever
C
displays on the Single-character
Display and the
Fault
light is flashing once per second. It is not
recommended that you clean the drive head on a periodic basis; only
when the drive requests to be cleaned.
Note:
In Maintenance Mode, a flashing
C
with the
Fault
light On,
means to insert a cartridge, not clean the drive head.
To clean the head, insert the cleaning cartridge into the tape load
compartment (see
on page 13). The drive performs the
cleaning automatically in less than two minutes then ejects the
cartridge. The drive will perform a short
Load/Unload Test
while
ejecting the drive. Wait for the drive to finish before removing the
cartridge.
Note:
The drive will automatically eject an expired cleaning cartridge.
The Quantum LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge is valid for 50 uses.
Cleaning the Tape Drive
Clean the exterior surface of the tape drive with a damp towel. If a
liquid all-purpose cleaner is used, apply it to the towel. Do not spray the
tape drive.
Do not clean the interior of the tape drive; damage may result.
Summary of Contents for LTO-8 HH SAS
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Page 30: ...Chapter 2 Introduction Specifications 22 QuantumLTO 8 HH SAS User s Guide...
Page 40: ...Chapter 3 Installation Updating firmware 32 QuantumLTO 8 HH SAS User s Guide...
Page 74: ...Chapter 4 Operations Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions 66 QuantumLTO 8 HH SAS User s Guide...
Page 92: ...Chapter 5 Media Disposing of Tape Cartridges 84 QuantumLTO 8 HH SAS User s Guide...
Page 108: ...Appendix A Error Codes and Messages 100 QuantumLTO 7 HH SAS User s Guide...
Page 110: ...Appendix B Tape Alert Flags 102 QuantumLTO 7 HH SAS User s Guide...
Page 126: ...Glossary 118 Quantum LTO 7 HH SAS User s Guide...