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Maintaining tape drives
Issue 3.3 February 2003 135
Maintaining tape drives
Overview
Procedures in this section include the following:
● Required references on page 135
● Ordering tapes on page 135
● Cleaning the tape drive
● Adding, removing, or replacing tape drives on page 138
Required references
The following references are required when doing procedures in this section:
● Sun StorEdge™ DDS4 Tape Drive Installation and Users Guide
● Sun 4.0 Gbyte 1/4-Inch Tape Drive Specifications (SLR5)
● 14 Gbyte 8mm Tape Drive Users Guide and Installation Manual
Ordering tapes
Use the following information to order replacement tapes:
Description Tape drive OEM
DDS4 20/40-GB, 4mm DDS4 Imation
DDS4 cleaning cartridge DDS4 Imation
SLR5, 4/8-GB QIC SLR5 Imation or Sony
SLR5 cleaning cartridge SLR5 Imation
14-GB, 8mm DX, XL, XS 8mm Exabyte
8mm cleaning cartridge DX, XL, XS 8mm Exabyte