Chapter 7. NAStape 200 Tape Drives and Media
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Maintaining the HP Ultrium Tape Drive
HP Ultrium tape drives have been developed to require minimal cleaning. The amber LED for Use
Cleaning Cartridge will flash when the drive needs to be cleaned. Only insert a cleaning cartridge
into the drive when the LED indicates to do so.
Note:
Drive cleaning should be performed using only approved HP
Ultrium cleaning cartridges; other cleaning cartridge formats will
not load or run.
To order approved cleaning cartridges from Spectra Logic, see
Purchasing Media and Cleaning Cartridges
Manually Cleaning the HP Ultrium Tape Drive Head
To clean your HP Ultrium tape drives, follow these steps:
Note:
Use only HP Ultrium cleaning cartridges.
1.
Power on the NAStape.
2.
Carefully insert the cleaning tape into the drive with the window facing the top
of the drive.
The cleaning tape performs automatic cleaning; this takes approximately five
minutes.
On
Ready for use.
N/A
N/A
Cleaning cartridge in
use; the Ready LED
will also flash.
Flashing
Active.
Unrecoverable hard-
ware failure.
a
Tape cartridge is
faulty.
b
Drive needs cleaning.
c
Flashing Pattern
In OBDR mode.
N/A
N/A
N/A
a. A power cycle or a successful tape load will turn off the LED; but if the hardware fault is still present, it will come on again if the same
operation is performed.
b. This LED could come on for a number of reasons. Do not use the cartridge; replace it. The LED will go out when a new tape load is started.
c. The LED will continue to flash if power is cycled; it will only go out after an approved cleaning cartridge has been used.
Type of Blink
LED Type
Ready
Drive Error
Tape Error
Use Cleaning
Cartridge
