Inserting the Cleaning CartridgeSee the Note below for 4U libraries with a Dedicated Cleaning Slot (DCS).The following criteria must be followed for Auto Clean to function:1. The Auto Clean function must be configured ″On″ or ″Enabled″.v Operator Control Panel: Configure->Library Settings->Enabledv Web User Interface: Configure Library->General->Auto Clean->checkmarkNote: Earlier versions of the 4U library contained a Dedicated Cleaning Slot(DCS). This DCS can be retained and is supported by future libraryfirmware updates. However, library firmware later than 3.90 will allowremoval of the DCS, thus enabling this slot to be used as a storageslot. Once the DCS is removed, the Auto Clean cleaning cartridge slotmust be configured as described below. If the DCS has been removed,it can only be reinstated by restoring factory default settings. Toremove the DCS, perform the following procedure using the OperatorControl Panel (OCP): OCP->Configure->Library Settings->General->Remove DCS->No/Yes->Save.2. A storage slot must be reserved (Res or RSVD).v Reserving a slot is accomplished by reducing the Active Slot count in anyparticular logical library. A reserved slot (or slots) is always the last slot inthe last magazine of any particular logical library. A cleaning cartridge that isin a reserved slot is available to any logical library drive even if the reservedslot is not in that particular logical library. If the library contains multiplelogical libraries, typically, the last logical library is chosen to be the reservedslot containing the cleaning cartridge. As with a library with a single logicallibrary, this slot is the last physical slot in the library (top right magazine,uppermost rear slot).3. A cleaning cartridge (CLNxxxLx) must be placed or moved to a reserved slot.v A cleaning cartridge must be replaced after 50 uses. Click on the Web UserInterface, Monitor Library->Inventory .v Find the magazine that contains the cleaning cartridge.v Click on the (+) located under that magazine presentation to expand thedetail of resident cartridges.v Observe the cleaning cartridge location displayed. The number of MediaLoads represent how many times the cleaning cartridge has been used. Thenumber 50, minus that Media Load number represents the number of usesleft.4. To install a cleaning cartridge in the 2U or 4U library:a. Use the Operator Control Panel: Control → Move Cartridge or the Web UserInterface: Manage Library → Move Media to insert the cleaning cartridgeinto the reserved slot or the DCS (if one exists, 4U only).b. An alternate method is to use the Release Magazine option:v Operator Control Panel: Control → Magazine (Left/Right)v Web User Interface: Manage Library → Release Magazines (Left/Right)c. Place a cleaning cartridge into the reserved slot or the DCS (if one exists, 4Uonly).Note: A user has the option to perform manual cleaning by navigating in theRMU to Service → Clean Drive. In units with more than one drive to be4-34 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide
