Dell 0TK131 Rev. A01 Performing an Emergency Cartridge Eject, IF there is, Procedure

•Used with non-approved media

•Operated in a hot, dusty environment

When this happens, the drive can experience excessive errors while reading or writing, and during operations, the LTO-4-120 displays the letter "C" on the seven-segment display and illuminates the amber status LED and the LED dot.

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 Dell PowerVault LTO-4-120 Half-Height tape drive:

1.Load an LTO cleaning cartridge into the tape drive.

2.Observe that during the cleaning process, the drive displays the letter "C" on the seven-segment LED and both the LED dot and the green status LED are flashing.

NOTE: If the Dell PowerVault LTO-4-120 Half-Height 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:

¡The drive automatically ejects the LTO cleaning cartridge, or

¡If you must press the Eject button to eject the LTO cleaning cartridge, then the LTO cleaning cartridge has expired. Please mark the LTO cleaning cartridge as expired and discard.

4.Write the date on the cartridge label for future reference.

Each time you use the LTO cleaning cartridge, the cleaning media advances to a new, unused section. After approximately 50 cleanings, all of the media will be used up. The Dell PowerVault LTO-4-120 drive displays the number "7" on the seven-segment LED, turns off the LED dot, flashes the amber status LED, and holds the LTO cleaning cartridge in the drive.

Always discard used-up LTO cleaning cartridges.

NOTE: If the clean indication reappears and remains on continuously within 24 hours after a cleaning cycle, perform the cleaning procedure again. If, after three cleaning cycles in a 72-hour period, the clean indication comes on again, contact your Technical Support organization.

Performing an Emergency Cartridge Eject

If the Dell PowerVault LTO-4-120 Half-Height tape drive stops communicating with the host computer, use this emergency procedure to eject the cartridge (if necessary).

CAUTION: When you perform an emergency cartridge eject, any data in the drive or host buffers will not be written to the tape and the tape record may not be correctly terminated with an end-of-data mark. If the end-of- data mark is not written to the tape, you will not be able to append any data to that tape unless you overwrite the existing data on the tape.

To perform an emergency cartridge eject, hold down the Eject button 10 seconds or more, and release it. The tape drive firmware will then ignore all outstanding commands and eject the cartridge.

IF there is . . .	THEN the tape drive firmware . . .
no tape in the drive,	restarts the drive and begins the Power On Self Test function.
a tape in the drive,	ignores all outstanding commands, ejects the cartridge, restarts the drive, and begins the Power On Self
	Test function.
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