Chapter 5. Maintenance
This chapter describes how to replace and run cleaning cartridges in the 4560SLX
TapeLibrary.
Note: Only qualified service technicians should perform the other menu options
contained in the Maintenance submenu.

Supported media

IBM supports the following brands of data and cleaning cartridges:
vSDLT data cartridges
– IBM (Part number: 35L1119)
– Maxell (Part number: SDLT1/1800)
– Quantum (Part number: MR-SAMCL-01)
vSDLT cleaning cartridges
– IBM (Part number: 19P4357)
– Quantum (Part number: MR-SACCL-01)
vLTOdata cartridges
– IBM (Part number: 08L9120)
– Fuji (Part number: 26120010)
– Maxell (Part number: LTOU1/100)
– Imation (Part number: 0-51122-41089-5)
vLTOcleaning cartridges
– IBM (Part number: 08L9124)
Note: This list can change as new media is introduced. For a current list of
supported brands of data and cleaning cartridges, search for ″supported
media″on the http://www.pc.ibm.com/supportIBM Web site.

Running a cleaning cartridge

Youcan manage the cleaning of the installed tape drives automatically by enabling
Auto Clean mode or manually by selecting the Clean Drive menu option from the
Maintenance submenu on the front panel display.
Note: It is good practice to run a cleaning cartridge using the Auto Clean Mode.

Automatically running a cleaning cartridge

Youcan configure the library to automatically run the cleaning cartridge. If a tape
drive needs cleaning, it sends a message to the library.This activates an automatic
cleaning cycle (if the cleaning cartridge slot has been reserved and Auto Clean
mode has been selected from the Options menu).
Toautomatically run a cleaning cartridge using Auto Clean mode, reserve a
cleaning cartridge slot and enable the Auto Clean mode.
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