Quantum LTO-8 HH SAS, Technical Reference Manual

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Chapter 4: Operations
Cleaning the Drive Head
44 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
Figure 3 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.