Loading a cartridge
Procedure
1. Insert the cartridge into the slot in the front of the drive with the arrow uppermost and facing the front
of the tape drive.
1. Ready light 2. Arrow indicates leading direction
3. Label area
Figure 5: Inserting a cartridge
2. Apply gentle pressure until the drive takes the cartridge and loads it.
3. The Ready light (3) flashes green while the drive performs its load sequence. When the cartridge is
loaded, the Ready light shows steady green.
Unloading a cartridge
CAUTION:
Never try to remove a cartridge before it is fully ejected.
Procedure
Press the Eject button on the front panel above the LEDs. See Front panel overview on page 17.
The drive will complete its current task, rewind the tape to the beginning, and then eject the cartridge. The
rewind process can take up to 10 minutes. The Ready light will flash to indicate the unload is still in
progress.
Cleaning the tape drive
LTO Ultrium tape drives do 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, (C7978A), with HPE LTO Ultrium tape drives, as
other cleaning cartridges will not load and run.
Each Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge (C7978A) can be used up to 50 times with LTO Ultrium tape
drives.
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