Cleaning cartridges, Cleaning the tape drive, Data cartridges – HP Integrity NonStop H-Series User Manual
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LTO Cartridge Media
Cleaning Cartridges
The recommended cleaning cartridges is the HP Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge,
C7978A (Orange). This cleaning cartridge is designed to work with any Ultrium drive. It
may be used for up to 50 cleans.
Cleaning the Tape Drive
The tape drive does not require regular cleaning. An Ultrium universal cleaning
cartridge should only be used when the orange Clean LED is flashing.
You must use the Ultrium Universal Cleaning cartridge with the tape drive, as other
cleaning cartridges will not load and run.
To clean the tape drive:
1. Insert the Ultrium Universal Cleaning cartridge.
2. The drive will carry out its cleaning cycle and eject the cartridge on completion
(which can take up to 5 minutes). During the cleaning cycle the orange Clean LED
will be on solidly and the green Ready LED will flash.
Each HP Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge cleaning cartridge (C7978A) can be
used up to 50 times with Ultrium tape drives. If the cleaning cartridge is ejected
immediately with the Tape LED on, it has expired.
Data Cartridges
LTO tape drives use LTO tape cartridges. These are single-reel cartridges that match
your drive's format and are optimized for high capacity, throughput and reliability.
Compatible media can be recognized by the Ultrium logo, which is the same as the
logo on the front of your drive. Do not use other format cartridges in your tape drive
and do not use LTO cartridges in other format tape drives.
For optimum performance always use a data cartridge that matches the specification of
your tape drive, (see table below). A lower specification will have a lower transfer
speed and may not support write activities; a higher specification will not support read
or write.
Note. The earlier HP Ultrium Cleaning cartridge, C7979A (Blue), is supported on LTO-2 and
LTO-3 tape drives (but not on LTO-4 and LTO-5 tape drives). Do not use early, non-universal
LTO cleaning cartridges from other manufacturers.