Specifications

6-12 Processing Media
600561-A
• Under the Commands Menu selection, Insert/Eject
Submenu, and Clean Media Insert Dialog, move either a
single media or bulk load cleaning media from the
Insert/Eject station to the designated empty storage cells.
Refer to
Insert Clean Tape Dialog
on page 5-56. As an
alternate method, open the Scalar 1000 door(s) and
manually bulk load the cleaning media into empty
storage cells. The Scalar 1000 supports a total of 128
cleaning tapes.
If cleaning media are manually bulk loaded and
Auto-Inventory is disabled, an inventory is required. Refer
to
Direct Insertion into the Control or Expansion Module
on
page 6-4.
• Under the Setup Menu selection, Cleaning Submenu, and
Media Dialog, specify the cleaning media by BC
identifier. Cleaning media is tracked by firmware and the
tracking is not lost during a power off/power on cycle.
When a cleaning media expires, a message is generated to
inform the operator. Refer to
Media Dialog
on page 5-103.
• Under the Setup Menu selection, Cleaning Submenu, and
Drives Dialog, choose either Scalar 1000 firmware or Host
controlled drive cleaning. Refer to
Drives Dialog
on page
5-101.
If there are errors in the cleaning operation or for additional
information, use the View Dialog. Refer to
View Dialog
on
page 5-105.
Firmware Directed Drive Cleaning
This section outlines the method used to clean supported
drives under Scalar 1000 firmware control. The following
information refers to several Operator Panel menus. All menu
information is detailed in
Chapter 5
.
AutoClean
If firmware control was indicated in the Drives Dialog menu,
follow the list of items.
• Under the Setup Menu selection, Cleaning Submenu, and
Drives Dialog, choose either Delayed or Immediate
option. Refer to
Drives Dialog
on page 5-101.
• If the Delayed option is selected, establish the
cleaning process time by setting the Hour and Second
option values.
Note
It is possible to
use the
Insert/Eject
station as storage
for cleaning
media but this
practice is not
recommended.
Note
If a host shares
Scalar 1000
firmware
controlled
cleaning media,
the Scalar 1000
firmware will not
change or update
cleaning media
usage
information.
Therefore, the
host should not
share Scalar 1000
controlled
cleaning media.