User manual HP SURESTORE DLT 80 TAPE DRIVE

[. . . ] HP SureStore DLT Internal/External Tape Drive User's Guide DLT 40i/e, DLT 70i/e, DLT 80i/e HP SureStore DLT Installation Guiden (Internal Drives) Internal Drives--Installation Overview Before you start: Check the packing list inside this guide. Check system prerequisites. page 1-2 Step 1: Check the drive's SCSI ID Check the tape drive's SCSI ID. If necessary change it from the default of 5 by setting jumpers on the side of the drive. page 1-5 Step 2: Attach local language labels, if necessary Step 3: Prepare the mounting bay Switch off the computer and remove its outer casing. Remove the cover plate from two adjacent, empty, 5¼-inch, half-height bays. [. . . ] · The "Operate Handle" light flashes. Lower the Cartridge Locking Handle to load the cartridge. After an Unsuccessful Self-Test All left side or right side lights flash: The test has failed. See Chapter 6, "Troubleshooting, " for what to do. No lights are lit: The drive is probably not receiving power. See Chapter 6 for more details. 3-12 4 Care of the Drive and Tape Cartridges Apart from ensuring that the drive operates in a safe, clean environment, the only regular maintenance is to clean the tape heads. This chapter tells you how to do this and also describes how to look after and store cartridges so that your data is safe. Care of the Drive and Tape Cartridges Cleaning the Tape Heads Cleaning the Tape Heads When to Clean the Heads When the yellow "Use Cleaning Tape" light is lit, use a cleaning cartridge to clean the tape heads. Using a Cleaning Cartridge Note Each cleaning cartridge can only be used about 20 times. If the "Use Cleaning Tape" light remains lit after you have finished a cleaning cycle, this means the cartridge has reached the end of its life and the heads have not been cleaned. Discard the expired cleaning cartridge and use a new one. To clean the heads: 1 If there is a tape cartridge in the drive, unload and remove it. Follow the normal procedure for inserting a cartridge--see "To load a tape cartridge" on page 3-10. 3 The drive automatically cleans the heads. The more the cleaning cartridge has been used, the longer this will take, because the drive has to wind farther to a new portion of tape. 4 When cleaning is complete: · The "Use Cleaning Tape" light goes off. · The "Operate Handle" light is lit. · The beeper sounds (not on DLT 80 drives). If the "Use Cleaning Tape" light remains lit, the cartridge has reached the end of its life and the heads were not cleaned. Discard the cleaning cartridge and repeat the cleaning cycle with a new one. 4-2 Care of the Drive and Tape Cartridges Cleaning the Tape Heads 5 Remove the cleaning cartridge. 6 Write a cross in a box on the cleaning cartridge label. This records how many times you have used the cartridge. 7 Return the cleaning cartridge to its plastic case. If the "Use Cleaning Tape" light still lights when you load a tape cartridge after using the cleaning cartridge: · Make sure that the cleaning cartridge had not expired when you tried to clean the heads. · The tape cartridge may be faulty. [. . . ] Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. [. . . ]