User's Guide

Appendix C Automatic Drive Cleaning
Selection of Cleaning Mode
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• Determining when a cleaning cartridge has used all 20 of its
available cleaning cycles
• Moving used up cartridges to the load port
Automatic Drive
Cleaning Mode
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Automatic drive cleaning is disabled by default. In automatic drive
cleaning mode the library is responsible for all cleaning functions
such as:
• Detecting when a drive requires cleaning
• Tracking and selecting cleaning cartridges
• Moving a cleaning cartridge to the drive
• Determining when a cleaning cartridge has used all 20 of its
available cleaning cycles
• Moving used up cartridges to the load port
Selection of Cleaning Mode
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The cleaning mode is selectable from the:
•Diagnostic software
•GUI
• Mode Select command
The default cleaning mode is host-initiated. A Mode Select
command permanently changes the cleaning mode in the library’s
NVRAM, and is retained if the library power is cycled.
Diagnostic
Software
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To change automatic cleaning mode from the diagnostic software
select
Config
:
•
Enable clean tape
- turns automatic cleaning mode on
•
Disable clean tape
- turns automatic cleaning mode off