Cleaning cartridge
An Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge is required to clean the tape drive. The drive itself determines
when it must be cleaned and notifies the library. When notified, the library indicates that the drive needs
cleaning by turning ON the "Clean Drive" LED on the front panel of the library and posting a message
on the library display.
A tape drive within a library requires the use of a library menu function to either automatically or
manually clean the tape drive. See “Operations” on page 51.
Important:
The drive must be cleaned only when it is requested by the drive.
The Ultrium Universal Cleaning Cartridge is valid for 50 uses. The cartridge's LTO-CM (Cartridge
Memory) chip tracks the number of times that the cartridge is used.
Note:
The drive automatically ejects an expired cleaning cartridge.
Bar code labels
A bar code label contains:
v
A volume serial number (VOLSER) that is human-readable.
v
A bar code that the library can read.
Note:
LTO drives do not require cartridges to have bar code labels. Specific library types or models
might require cartridges to have bar code labels.
When read by a library's bar code reader, the bar code identifies the cartridge's VOLSER to the library.
The bar code also tells the library whether the cartridge is a data cartridge or cleaning cartridge. In
addition, the bar code includes the two-character media-type identifier
Lx
, where
x
equals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
or 8.
L
identifies the cartridge as an LTO cartridge and the number represents the generation of cartridge
for that cartridge type. Figure 109 on page 96 shows a sample bar code label for the LTO Ultrium Tape
Cartridge.
Tape cartridges can be ordered with the labels included or with custom labels.
Table 18. Cartridges and VOLSERs compatible with the Ultrium Tape Drives
Cartridges
VOLSER
Ultrium 8 Data Cartridge
xxxxxxL8
Ultrium 8 WORM Cartridge
xxxxxxLY
Ultrium 7 Data Cartridge
xxxxxxL7
Ultrium 7 WORM Cartridge
xxxxxxLX
Ultrium 6 Data Cartridge
xxxxxxL6
Ultrium 6 WORM Cartridge
xxxxxxLW
Ultrium 5 Data Cartridge
xxxxxxL5
Ultrium 5 WORM Cartridge
xxxxxxLV
Ultrium 4 Data Cartridge
xxxxxxL4
Ultrium 4 WORM Cartridge
xxxxxxLU
Ultrium 3 Data Cartridge
xxxxxxL3
Ultrium 3 WORM Cartridge
xxxxxxLT
Ultrium 2 Data Cartridge
xxxxxxL2
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