
Chapter 3 Operation
Cleaning the Tape Drive
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• Experience excessive errors while reading or writing
•The Clean LED is flashing
This means that the drive needs to be cleaned.
The LTO cleaning cartridge has the same dimensions as the tape
cartridge and contains an LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM), but is
loaded with cleaning media instead of recording media. Always keep
the LTO cleaning cartridge in its protective case when not in use.
Procedure
To clean the LTO-5 Tape Drive:
1 Load an Ultrium Universal Cleaning cartridge into the tape drive.
2 The drive will carry out its cleaning cycle and eject the cartridge on
completion (which can take up to 5 minutes). During the cleaning
cycle the orange Clean LED will be on solidly and the green Ready
LED will flash.
Each Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge can be used up to 50
times with Ultrium tape drives. If the cleaning cartridge is ejected
immediately with the Tape LED on, it has expired.
Note: If the LTO-5 Tape Drive does not recognize the cartridge as an
LTO cleaning cartridge, the drive stops the cleaning process and
ejects the cartridge.
3 After the cleaning process completes, depending on the drive
configuration, either:
a The drive automatically ejects the Ultrium Universal Cleaning
cartridge, or
b You must press the Eject button to eject the Ultrium Universal
Cleaning cartridge.
4 Write the date on the Ultrium Universal Cleaning label for future
reference.
Always discard used-up Ultrium Universal Cleaning cartridges.
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