Appendix A. Maintenance
You need to perform regular maintenance on your 100/200 GB HH LTO Internal Tape Drive. This section explains how to care for the tape cartridges and how to clean the drive head.
Caring for tape cartridges
The following points are guidelines for storing and using the cartridges:
vDo not open the tape access door of the cartridge or touch the tape itself.
vKeep your cartridges away from sources of electromagnetic fields, such as telephones, dictation equipment, mechanical or printing calculators, motors, and bulk erasers. Do not place the cartridges on the computer monitor or on the base unit of the computer.
vKeep cartridges away from direct sunlight and heat sources, such as radiators or warm air ducts.
vKeep cartridges free of moisture. Do not wet or submerge cartridges in any liquid.
vDo not expose cartridges to temperature extremes.
Cleaning cartridges
You must use Ultrium cleaning cartridges with Ultrium tape drives, as other cleaning cartridges will not load and run. A cleaning cartridge is supplied with each tape drive and should only be used when the ‘Use Cleaning Cartridge’ amber LED is flashing. Insert the cleaning cartridge and 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 amber ‘Use Cleaning Cartridge’ LED will light solidly and the green ‘Ready‘ LED will flash.
Each cleaning cartridge can be used up to 15 times. If the cleaning cartridge is ejected immediately with the ‘Tape Error‘ LED on, it has expired. New cleaning cartridges are available from your supplier, and can be ordered following the
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