SMC Networks M8501 manual Maintenance, Introduction, Running a Cleaning Cartridge

5 Maintenance

This section includes:
Introduction	5-1
Running a Cleaning Cartridge	5-1
Replacing a Cleaning Cartridge in a Reserved Slot	5-3

Introduction

This section describes the Clean One Drive menu option contained in the Maintenance submenu of the Utilities area on the front panel display. You can use the Clean One Drive menu option to clean the LTO Gen 3 tape drive that is installed in the ACL.

Note. Only perform the Clean One Drive menu option when the ACL displays a message informing you that the tape drive needs cleaning.

Running a Cleaning Cartridge

Because the cleaning cartridge is abrasive, you should not use it unless the message “Use Cleaner” appears on the front panel display. There are two ways to manage the cleaning of the installed tape drives:

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Automatically, by enabling Auto Clean Mode.

Manually, by selecting the Clean One Drive menu option from the Maintenance submenu on the front panel display.

Automatically Running a Cleaning Cartridge

You can configure the ACL tape drive so that it automatically runs the cleaning cartridge mode. After a tape drive that needs cleaning completes an unload operation, it sends a cleaning needed message to the unit. This activates an automatic cleaning cycle if the cleaning cartridge slot has been reserved and Auto Clean Mode has been selected from the ACL tape drive’s Options menu.

To automatically run a cleaning cartridge using Auto Clean Mode:

1.Reserve a cleaning cartridge slot.

2.Enable Auto Clean Mode.

M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001

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