User's Manual

Scorpion 240 Product Manual

3. Press the Enter button to load the cleaning cartridge into the tape drive. The

autoloader starts the cleaning cycle automatically.

4. When the cleaning cycle is complete, the cleaning cartridge is returned to the

magazine. Press the Eject button to unload the magazine and remove the

cleaning cartridge.

5. Record the date of the cleaning on the cleaning cartridge label.

Each time the cleaning cartridge is loaded, a new, unused portion of cleaning tape is

advanced over the entire tape path. The drive does not rewind a cleaning cartridge.

After about 30 cleaning cycles, the entire tape is used up , and you must purchase a

new cleaning cartridge.

If you insert a cleaning cartridge that has been used up, the cleaning cycle will not be

carried out. Instead, the Clean LED will flash rapidly and the LCD will display the

message, “REPLACE CLEANING TAPE.” The cleaning cartridge will be returned to

the magazine, the Clean LED will stay on, and the LCD will display the message,

“CLEANING REQUIRED.” In this case, press the Eject button to remove the

magazine and replace the old cleaning tape with a new one.

Automated cleaning

If your backup-and-restore software includes a tape-drive head-cleaning feature, you

can use the software to clean the drive. Some software packages are

preprogrammed to use Slot 6 to clean the drive automatically. The software prompts

the autoloader changer to load the cartridge into the tape drive and initiates the

cleaning cycle. When the cleaning cycle completes, the tape drive ejects the

cleaning cartridge and the changer automatically returns the cartridge to the

magazine slot. Refer to your software documentation for details.

DDS-4 cartridge information

DAT cartridge compatibility

Seagate DDS-4 drives are designed to use data-grade DDS cartridges, such as

those listed below.

Note. 60-meter DDS-1 tapes cannot be used with this drive.

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Model M32000

(DDS-1, 90 meters; 2-Gbyte uncompressed capacity)

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Model M34000

(DDS-2, 120 meters; 4-Gbyte uncompressed capacity)

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Model STDM24G

(DDS-3, 125 meters, 12-Gbyte uncompressed capacity)

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Model STDM40

(DDS-4, 150 meters, 20-Gbyte uncompressed capacity)