Cleaning Cartridge Warning Count

Note

For cleaning cartridge information specific to your drive type,

 

see Drives and Media on page 135.

 

 

After a predetermined count, a cleaning cartridge must be replaced.

Note

The Auto Clean feature is automatically enabled if you insert

 

even one cleaning cartridge into the reserved cell area and then

 

reset the library.

 

 

If the Auto Clean feature is enabled, use the operator panel to set the maximum number of times a cleaning cartridge can be used (see Table 5 on page 88).

Table 5

Cleaning Cartridge Warning Counts

 

 

 

 

Cleaning Cartridge Type

Recommended Warning Counts

 

(maximum)

 

 

 

 

 

 

LP LTO Ultrium

15 uses

 

 

 

 

LP LTO Ultrium

50 uses

 

(universal)

 

 

 

 

 

DLT 8000

20 uses

 

 

 

 

9840

100 uses

 

 

 

Note

With 3.00 firmware and higher, an asterisk (*) may appear on

 

the operator panel display. For example, HP A5597A (Code

 

3.00.xx)*. The asterisk (*) denotes the cleaning cartridge’s life

 

has expired. To determine which cartridge has expired and to

 

eject the expired cartridge, see For cleaning cartridge

 

information specific to your drive type, see Drives and Media

 

on page 135. on page 88, and Exporting Data Cartridges

 

through the CAP on page 104.

 

 

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