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Operation and Maintenance
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Note
The cleaning cartridge is exhausted after it has performed 20
cleanings. The cleaning tape includes a label with 20 small boxes
printed on it. Always place a check mark in a box each time the
tape performs a cleaning. Replace the cleaning cartridge when it
has performed 20 cleanings (all boxes will be checked).
The following table tells you when to use the cleaning tape:
If . . .
It means . . .
You should . . .
1.
The
Use Cleaning
Tape
LED is
illuminated on the drive
front panel
The drive head needs
cleaning or the tape is bad
Use the cleaning tape. Load the
cleaning tape using the procedure in
section
Using the Mailbox
, subsection
Off-Line Mode,
sub-subsection
Moving
a Cartridge to a Drive or Storage Slot
earlier in this chapter.
When cleaning is complete, the beeper
will sound alerting you to remove the
cleaning tape. Use the procedure in
section
Using the Mailbox
, subsection
Off-Line Mode
,
sub-subsection
Moving
a Cartridge to the Mailbox
earlier in
this chapter to remove the cleaning
tape from the drive. Log the cleaning
onto the label.
2.
A data cartridge causes
the
Use Cleaning
Tape
LED on the drive
front panel to blink
The data cartridge may be
damaged
Back up the data from this cartridge
onto another cartridge, it may be
damaged. A damaged cartridge may
cause unnecessary use of the cleaning
cartridge.
3.
The
Use Cleaning
Tape
LED
re-
illuminates after
performing a cleaning
and reloading the data
cartridge.
Cleaning was not
accomplished because the
cleaning tape has exhausted
all cleaning cycles.
OR
The data cartridge may be
damaged
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
Back up the data from this cartridge
onto another cartridge, it may be
damaged. A damaged cartridge may
cause unnecessary use of the cleaning
cartridge.
Summary of Contents for Scalar 218FC
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