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Chapter 13  Using the Tape Drive

Cleaning the Tape Drive

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Each cleaning cartridge is good for 20 uses. Use one of the labels that is 

supplied with the cleaning cartridge to track the number of uses and 

discard the cleaning cartridge after the final use.

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The SDLT CleaningTape is compatible with SDLT 220, SDLT 320, 

SDLT 600, and DLT-S4 tape drives. 

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To clean the tape drive, follow these steps:

Insert a cleaning cartridge into the tape drive.
The middle (green) LED flashes and the cleaning cycle begins 

automatically. Based upon previous cleaning cartridge usage, the 

cleaning operation may last up to 10 minutes.
When the cleaning cycle completes, the tape drive automatically 

ejects the cleaning cartridge; turns off the right LED; and steadily 

illuminates the middle LED.

Remove the cleaning cartridge, place it back in its plastic case, and 

mark the label after each cleaning.

To use the cleaning cartridge in an autoloader or library tape 

drive, see the autoloader or library owner’s documentation.

On the last (20th) cleaning, the tape drive does not eject the 

cleaning cartridge. Press the 

 button on the front of the 

tape drive to eject the expired cleaning cartridge. Dispose 

of the expired cleaning cartridge.