IBM Ultrium Gen 6, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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Removing a tape cartridge
Use this information to remove a tape cartridge.
Attention: To clean the tape drive, use only an IBM LTO Ultrium Cleaning
Cartridge. The use of cleaning methods other than an LTO cleaning cartridge
might cause damage to the drive.
To remove a tape cartridge, complete the following steps:
1. Make sure that the drive power is turned on.
2. Press the Unload button. The drive rewinds the tape and partially ejects the
cartridge. The Ready light flashes green while the tape rewinds, then becomes
blank before the cartridge partially ejects.
3.
After the cartridge partially ejects, grasp the cartridge and remove it.
Important: Always remove an ejected cartridge before reinserting it.
Whenever you unload a tape cartridge, the drive writes any pertinent information
to the cartridge memory.
Mid-tape recovery
If the tape drive is reset while a cartridge is loaded, the drive will slowly rewind
the tape and eject the cartridge. If the drive power is turned off and then on again
while a cartridge is loaded, the drive will slowly rewind the tape. The drive will
not automatically eject the cartridge.
The Ready light flashes and the SCD will be counting down from 9 to 0, indicating
the approximate cartridge rewinding status. Between the counts, the SCD displays
random segments while the tape is rewinding into the cartridge. Push the Unload
button to eject the cartridge when the Ready light stops flashing.
Cleaning the drive head
Use this information to clean the drive head.
Attention:
When cleaning the drive head, use the IBM LTO Ultrium Cleaning
Cartridge. You can use another LTO cleaning cartridge, but it might not meet the
standards of reliability established by IBM.
Clean the drive head whenever is displayed on the single-character display and
the status light is flashing amber once per second. You do not need to clean the
drive head on a periodic basis.
Note: In Maintenance mode, a flashing with the solid amber status light,
means to insert a cartridge, not clean the drive head.
To clean the head, insert the cleaning cartridge into the tape load compartment (see
“Front panel of the drive” on page 2). The drive performs the cleaning
automatically in less than 2 minutes and then ejects the cartridge. The drive will
perform a short load and 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.
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