Dell PowerVault LTO3-060 - Manual (Page 41)

conditioned to the operating environment for a time at least equal to the period it has been outside the operating
environment and outside or above 10ºC – 35ºC (up to a maximum of 24 hours). Recommended operating temperature is
25ºC/77ºF or below (see tape drive specifications).
Recommended Cleaning Interval
If the Clean LED is On, a head cleaning is recommended (the drive is still fully operational with this LED steady On). The
LED is triggered after 100 hours of tape use, if the Media Management Algorithm has detected severely degraded write
performance, or if a hard read/write error has occurred. The LED is not turned off by a power cycle and is only reset when
cleaning has completed successfully.
Cleaning Procedure
Figure 5: Activity and Clean LEDs
A= Activity LED
B= Clean LED
1. Load the cleaning cartridge into the PowerVault LTO-2-024 tape drive.
2. The cleaning process will begin automatically. This is indicated by the front LEDs on the product as seen in
figure 5.
3. The Clean LED will be OFF if the cleaning was successful ((up to 3 minutes).
4. The cartridge may be ejected by pushing the Eject button, when cleaning is complete.
Note: The cleaning cartridge can only be used 50 times. If an expired cleaning cartridge is inserted the Clean LED
will remain on and the cleaning cartridge will not be ejected. Press the Eject button to eject the cleaning cartridge.