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Chapter 5: Media
Handling Cartridges
QuantumLTO-8 HH SAS User’s Guide
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• Place the cartridge in polyethylene plastic wrap or bags to
protect it from dust, moisture, and other contaminants.
• Double-box the cartridge (place it inside a box, then place that
box inside the shipping box) and add padding between the two
boxes.
Provide Proper
Acclimation and
Environmental
Conditions
• Before using a cartridge, let it acclimate to the normal operating
environment for 1 hour. If condensation is visible on the cartridge,
wait an additional hour.
• Ensure that all surfaces of a cartridge are dry before inserting it.
• Do not expose the cartridge to moisture or direct sunlight.
• Do not expose recorded or blank cartridges to stray magnetic fields
of greater than 100 oersteds (for example, terminals, motors, video
equipment, X-ray equipment, or fields that exist near high-current
cables or power supplies). Such exposure can cause the loss of
recorded data or make the blank cartridge unusable.
• Maintain the conditions that are described in
Shipping Specifications for Tape Cartridges
Perform a Thorough
Inspection
After purchasing a cartridge and before using it, perform the following
steps:
• Inspect the cartridge's packaging to determine potential rough
handling.
• When inspecting a cartridge, open only the cartridge door. Do not
open any other part of the cartridge case. The upper and lower
parts of the case are held together with screws; separating them
destroys the usefulness of the cartridge.
• Inspect the cartridge for damage before using or storing it.
• Inspect the rear of the cartridge (the part that loads first into the
tape load compartment) and ensure that there are no gaps in the
seam of the cartridge case (see 1 in
on page 77 and 4
on page 80). If there are gaps in the seam (see
on page 77), the leader pin may be dislodged.
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...