M2488 USER’S GUIDE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
April 1997 CG00000-011403 REV. A 6-1
CHAPTER 6
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
6-1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides the maintenance and servicing instructions required to maintain the M2488 Tape
Drive. This chapter is divided into the following subject areas:
6-2 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
6-3 PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION
6-4 ERROR RECOVERY
6-5 CARTRIDGE RECOVERY WITH AN ACL
6-2 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
Table 6-1 describes the preventive maintenance procedures performed on the M2488 tape drive.
6-2.1 Equipment Cleaning Procedure
This procedure is used to perform the equipment cleaning on the M2488.
6-2.2 Head Cleaning Procedure
This procedure is used to perform normal head cleaning on the M2488 with a cleaning cartridge.
Table 6-1. Preventive Maintenance Requirements
PROCEDURE INTERVAL
PROCEDURE
PARAGRAPH
Equipment Cleaning As needed 6-2.1 on page 6-1
Head Cleaning
After a display of
✳ CLEAN.
Cleaning is performed automatically with
the FACL (see Chapter5).
6-2.2 on page 6-1
Air Filter As needed 6-2.3 on page 6-2
STEP
ACTION
1 Turn power switch to off.
2 Using a soft cloth or vacuum cleaner, remove dust from the equipment exterior.
3 If the exterior is dirty, a soft damp cloth with mild detergent may be used for cleaning.
STEP
ACTION
1 With power applied, insert the cleaning cartridge into the tape drive.
2 Cleaning time is approximately 60 seconds.
3 When cleaning is finished, cartridge rewinds and ejects automatically.
4 Remove cleaning cartridge and mark cartridge label block.
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