>From the Planning and Operator Guide (Third Edition (February 2001). Cleaning Cartridge To maintain the operating efficiency of the drive, IBM supplies a specially labeled IBM LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge with each 3584 UltraScalable Tape Library. Each drive in the library determines when it needs to be cleaned, and alerts the library. The library uses the cleaning cartridge to automatically clean the drive. For more information about cleaning methods, see "Drive Cleaning" on page 19.
... Cleaning Cartridge With each 3584 Tape Library, IBM supplies a specially labeled IBM LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge to clean the drive heads. The drive itself determines when a head needs to be cleaned. It alerts the library and the host's application software. Depending on which cleaning method you choose, the drive is automatically cleaned or you are required to select menus to initiate cleaning (for information about cleaning methods, see "Drive Cleaning" on page 19). Note: The volume serial number (VOLSER) on the cartridge's bar code label must begin with CLNI or the library treats the cleaning cartridge as a data cartridge during an inventory. Before a drive can be cleaned, you must ensure that an IBM LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge is loaded in the library (to determine whether one or more cleaning cartridges are loaded, see "Removing a Cleaning Cartridge from the Library" on page 49). You can load multiple cleaning cartridges and store them in any cartridge storage slot except the slot reserved for the diagnostic cartridge (see "Non-Addressable Cartridge Storage Slot" on page 32). The 3584 Tape Library monitors the usage of all cleaning cartridges that are present in the cartridge inventory. When a cleaning cartridge has exceeded 50 cleanings, the library displays the following message (where xxxxxxxx equals the cartridge's VOLSER): Replace xxxxxxxx ... Addressable Cartridge Storage Slots Addressable storage slots have both a physical address (such as F1,C05,R19) and a SCSI element (logical) address (such as 1112(X'458'). They do not include I/O station slots or the non-addressable slots that are reserved for the diagnostic cartridges (see "Non-Addressable Cartridge Storage Slot" on page 32). A library frame contains a variable number of addressable storage slots, depending on the quantity of drives that are installed on the drive side. To determine the quantity of slots available for each frame, see Table 1 and Table 2 on page 3. The 3584 UltraScalable Tape Library stores cleaning cartridges in addressable cartridge storage slots and as part of the normal inventory. If the automatic cleaning feature is enabled, the cleaning cartridges are not accessible by the host software. Non-Addressable Cartridge Storage Slot The base frame (Model L32) contains one non-addressable cartridge storage slot for the diagnostic cartridge, which is used during service procedures. The non-addressable slot has a physical address of F1,C01,R01, but does not have a SCSI element address. There are no non-addressable slots in an expansion frame. > -----Original Message----- > From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 3584 slots > > > Hi Daniel! > Aren't you confusing the 3584 with a 3494? As far as I can find in the > doc's, there is no fixed cleaner slot in a 3584 and I don't > even have a CE cartridge!
