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5257/5257ACL Installation and User's Guide for NonStop Himalaya S-Series Tape Enclosures — 522344-001
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Maintenance for the 5257ACL
This section includes these topics:
The only required maintenance task is to periodically run or replace the cleaning
cartridge. User Diagnostics on the Demo submenu can be used to check the operation of
the 5257ACL.
Cleaning Cartridge
To run a cleaning cartridge, issue a command to run the cartridge from the control panel,
or select the Auto Clean mode on the Configure menu, described in
Set Autoclean Mode
on page 5-7. The procedures that follow describe how to install a cleaning cartridge,
how to clean a drive using front panel controls, and how to remove the cleaning
cartridge.
Required Location for the Cleaning Cartridge
If the cleaning cartridge is run only manually, there are no restrictions on the location of
the cleaning cartridge; however, if the Auto Clean option is required, one or more slots
in the magazine must be reserved by using the Reserved Slots option described in
Set
Reserved Slots on page 5-8. Any reserved slots in the magazine become inaccessible to
the host software. In these cases, the ACL designates these inaccessible slots as cleaning
cartridge slots. On line 4 of the screen shown in
Figure 8-3 , Cleaning Slot 1 appears
instead of Slot 10. If slots have been reserved, Cleaning Slot 1 is the first reserved slot in
the magazine.
Installing
1. Examine the Default Screen on the Control Panel to determine whether a cartridge is
loaded into the drive. If so, then unload it as described in Unloading a Cartridge on
page 4-4.
2. Remove the magazine from the 5257ACL using the procedure described in
Removing the Magazine on page 6-17.
3. Remove any cartridge present in slot 1 (the slot nearest to the handle), or in
Cleaning slot 1 (the first reserved slot in the magazine). See Required Location for
the Cleaning Cartridge on page 8-1 .
4. Insert the cleaning cartridge into the slot emptied in Step 3.
Topic Page
Cleaning Cartridge 8-1
Required Location for the Cleaning Cartridge 8-1
Running From the Front Panel 8-2
Removing the Cleaning Cartridge 8-3