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7208 Model 345 External 8mm Tape Drive

7208 Model 345 8mm Tape Drive

Service Guide

SY32-0411-00

Summary of Contents for 7208 345

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Page 4: ... Model 345 of the 7208 8mm Tape Drive and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions This edition applies only to the specified model of the device Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2000 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp ...

Page 5: ...ng in Harsh Environments 13 Setting the Write Protect Switch 14 Ordering Tape Cartridges 15 Chapter 3 Maintenance Analysis Procedures 17 Purpose of the MAPs 17 Flowchart of the MAPs 18 Step 1 19 Step 2 19 Step 3 19 Step 4 20 Step 5 20 Step 6 21 Step 7 21 Step 8 22 Step 9 22 Step 10 22 Step 11 22 Step 12 23 Step 13 23 Step 14 24 Step 15 24 Step 16 24 Chapter 4 Removal and Replacement Procedures 25 ...

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Page 9: ...dispose of electronic products Contact an IBM account representative for more information The system unit contains batteries and circuit boards with lead solder Before you dispose of this unit these batteries and circuit boards must be removed and discarded according to local regulations or recycled where facilities exist This book contains specific information on each battery type where applicabl...

Page 10: ...ircuit different from that to which the receiver is connected v Consult an IBM authorized dealer or service representative for help Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits Proper cables and connectors are available from IBM authorized dealers IBM is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than rec...

Page 11: ... cables and connectors are available from IBM authorized dealers IBM cannot accept responsibility for an interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors Germany Only This product is in conformity with the EN55022 Class B emission limits Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI Statement This product is a Class B Information Technology Equipment and conform...

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Page 13: ...apter 5 Parts Diagram and Parts List provides the parts diagram and parts list required to service the 7208 Model 345 Tape Drive Appendix A Power Cables provides power cable information for different countries Appendix B Fault Symptom Codes and Error Recovery Procedure Numbers provides information about the error codes reported by the drive Appendix C Error Recovery Procedures provides information...

Page 14: ...try other than the United States you can give the form to the local IBM branch office or IBM representative for postage paid mailing v If you prefer to send comments by FAX use either of the following numbers United States Canada and Puerto Rico 1 800 937 3430 Other countries 1 507 253 5192 v If you prefer to send comments electronically use one of these e mail addresses Comments on books RCHCLERK...

Page 15: ...Distributes upgrades to operating system software The sections that follow describe the operator controls indicator lights and liquid crystal display LCD on the 7208 Tape Drive This chapter also shows connector locations lists hardware specifications and describes how to clean the tape drive Front View Figure 1 shows the front view of the 7208 Model 345 Tape Drive Figure 1 Front View of the 7208 M...

Page 16: ...ator Lights The 7208 Model 345 Tape Drive has the following indicator lights Power On Light When the 7208 Tape Drive is turned on the power on light 2 comes on and stays on Status Lights Three status lights 4 and their ISO symbols appear on the 7208 Tape Drive as follows The combinations of the lights and their definitions are shown in Table 1 Table 1 Status Lights on the 7208 Tape Drive Status Li...

Page 17: ...ve has detected an internal fault that requires corrective action v Reset the error by turning the power off to the 7208 Tape Drive then turning it back on or by holding down the unload button for about 15 seconds v If the Fault light still flashes after the reset contact your service representative Ready Off or On Activity Off On or Flashing Fault On The tape drive requires cleaning See Cleaning ...

Page 18: ...hen the desired language displays release the unload button Tape Drive Status Messages READY NOTAPE The tape drive is ready to accept a cartridge V V LOADING The tape drive is loading the tape V V READY TAPE The tape drive successfully loaded the tape and is ready for read or write operations V V ILLEGAL TAPE An unsuitable tape has been loaded and rejected EJECT The unload button was pressed The t...

Page 19: ... the tape drive will eject it Insert a new cleaning cartridge Error Conditions LAST 3 ERRORS ERR 1 xx yy zz ERR 2 xx yy zz ERR 3 xx yy zz A hardware error has occurred The LCD displays the last three error codes with ERR 1 xx yy zz as the most recent xx the fault symptom code FSC yy and zz additional information for product support personnel the information may or may not be present To resolve the...

Page 20: ...ddress connector 2 Power supply connector Internal View Figure 4 shows the inside of the 7208 Model 345 Tape Drive 1 Drive 4 Cooling fan 2 SCSI address cable 5 Power supply 3 SCSI bus connectors Figure 3 Connector Locations on the Drive Figure 4 Internal View of the 7208 Model 345 Tape Drive 6 7208 Model 345 Service Guide ...

Page 21: ... 240 V ac Power Factor 0 4 to 0 6 Other Specifications Altitude 2135 m 7000 ft Recommended Environment Environmental Factor Operating Non operating Temperature 16 to 32 C 60 to 90 F 1 to 60 C 34 to 140 F Relative Humidity noncondensing 20 to 80 20 to 95 Maximum Wet Bulb 23 C 73 F 27 C 81 F Note The operating limits include media The storage and shipping limits do not include media For media storag...

Page 22: ... message CLEAN SOON and turning on the Fault status light To clean the tape drive use only the IBM AME 8mm Cleaning Cartridge part number 35L1409 For uninterrupted operation have one or more spare cleaning cartridges available Attention Do not operate the 7208 Model 345 Tape Drive in a poor air quality environment If your environment contains an excessive amount of particulates they may permanentl...

Page 23: ...orward for approximately two minutes the Fault status light comes on and the message CLEANING displays 4 Unloads and ejects the cleaning tape when the cleaning operation is complete 5 Indicates a successful cleaning operation by turning off the Fault status light The cleaning cartridge can be used for a maximum of 18 cleaning operations If you attempt to use the depleted cartridge the 7208 Tape Dr...

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Page 25: ...e available from in 75m 150m and 225m lengths Although extensive use is not recommended M2 can write to AME cartridges designed for the first generation MammothTape technology tape drives When these cartridges are used M2 requires regularly scheduled manual cleaning using a MammothTape cleaning cartridge Such maintenance is greatly reduced by using only SmartClean media in M2 Data Cartridge Use th...

Page 26: ... on page 15 Attention Clean the 7208 Tape Drive v Whenever you replace a worn tape v Whenever you replace a defective tape v Whenever the CLEANING message displays For more information see Cleaning the Tape Drive on page 8 Do not write to previously written software distribution tapes Often these tapes will not support being rewritten without modifications to the cartridge If the cartridge is modi...

Page 27: ... Relative Humidity noncondensing 20 to 80 20 to 80 Maximum Wet Bulb 26 C 79 F 26 C 79 F Operating in Harsh Environments The 7208 Tape Drive is ideally suited to streaming operations as opposed to multiple stop and start random search tape operations When the tape is used for frequent stop and start operations it is beneficial to still have as much streaming movement as possible This can be accompl...

Page 28: ...write to the tape v When the switch is set to the left in the SAVE position 1 data cannot be written to or read from the tape data is saved v When the switch is set to the right in the REC Record position 2 data can be written to and read from the tape Figure 7 Setting the Write Protect Switch 14 7208 Model 345 Service Guide ...

Page 29: ...her locations contact your local provider of IBM storage products Table 5 Tape Cartridges for the 7208 Model 345 Tape Drive IBM Part Number Type of Cartridge Length 35L1044 20 GB 8mm AME with SmartClean Data Cartridge 75 m 246 ft 09L5323 40 GB 8mm AME with SmartClean Data Cartridge 150 m 492 ft 09L5322 60 GB 8mm AME with SmartClean Data Cartridge 225 m 738 ft 35L1409 8mm Cleaning Cartridge Chapter...

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Page 31: ...ck RSFTD201 Purpose of the MAPs Maintenance analysis procedures MAPs are used to check the Power cable Configuration SCSI bus signal cable Power supply Drive SCSI address Terminator Fan Media Drive head If a problem is detected the procedure isolates the problem to the failing field replaceable unit FRU such as the 7208 Tape Drive cover drive power supply or cooling fan For instructions about remo...

Page 32: ...Flowchart of the MAPs Figure 8 Flowchart of the Maintenance Analysis Procedures MAPs 18 7208 Model 345 Service Guide ...

Page 33: ...1 Do a controlled system shutdown refer to the instructions in Chapter 2 Setting Up the 7208 Tape Drive in the 7208 Model 345 8mm Tape Drive Setup and Operator Guide 2 Ensure that the power to the host system is off 3 Press the 7208 Tape Drive power switch to turn off the power 4 Unplug the 7208 Tape Drive power cable from the electrical outlet and from the 7208 Tape Drive 5 Measure the voltage at...

Page 34: ...then go to Step 5 Refer to Removing and Replacing the Power Supply on page 28 YES Go to Step 5 Step 5 This step checks the power supply voltage levels as the possible source of the problem 1 Press the power switch to turn off the power 2 Disconnect the power supply connector J1 from the drive 3 Disconnect the power supply connector J2 between the power supply and the cooling fan 4 Connect the powe...

Page 35: ...ss the power switch to turn on the power Does the power on light come on and stay on and is there airflow from the fan NO Replace the cooling fan then return to Step 6 Refer to Removing and Replacing the Cooling Fan on page 30 YES Go to Step 7 Step 7 This step examines the drive as the possible source of the problem 1 Press the power switch to turn off the power 2 Reconnect the power supply connec...

Page 36: ...ator Guide YES Go to Step 10 Step 10 This step examines the tape cartridge as the possible source of the problem 1 If there is a tape cartridge currently in the drive press the unload button to eject it If the cartridge fails to eject refer to Manually Removing a Tape Cartridge on page 31 2 With the power turned on to the 7208 Tape Drive insert a blank IBM AME data cartridge 3 Check that after app...

Page 37: ...at the external SCSI bus cable connection is proper Ensure that the SCSI bus cable is properly connected to both the host system and to the 7208 Tape Drive Is the SCSI bus cable properly connected to the host system and to the 7208 Tape Drive NO Plug the SCSI bus cable into both the host system and the 7208 Tape Drive then go to Step 13 YES Go to Step 13 Step 13 This step ensures that the terminat...

Page 38: ...instructions YES Go to Step 16 Step 16 This step runs the AIX diagnostics Run the diagnostics on the 7208 Tape Drive Have the test cartridge available for when the diagnostics prompt you to load the cartridge From the AIX command prompt type diag and then press Enter For additional instructions on running diagnostics refer to your AIX manuals Do all of the diagnostics routines pass NO Replace the ...

Page 39: ...s are connected or disconnected If possible disconnect all power cords from the existing system before you add or remove a device RSFTD203 Before installing any FRU let it acclimate to the operating environment for as long as it has been away from the environment or for 12 hours whichever is less Handling Static Sensitive Devices Attention Tape drives are sensitive to static electricity discharge ...

Page 40: ...r to the 7208 Tape Drive 4 Unplug the 7208 Tape Drive power cable from the electrical outlet 5 Disconnect the power cable from the 7208 Tape Drive 6 Disconnect the SCSI bus signal cable from the 7208 Tape Drive 7 Tilt the 7208 Tape Drive on its side and remove the four cover mounting screws from the bottom see Figure 11 8 Remove the cover by sliding it to the rear see the directional arrow in Figu...

Page 41: ... chassis 3 Support the drive while returning the 7208 Tape Drive to its original position 4 Disconnect the power supply connector J1 3 from the drive 5 Disconnect the internal SCSI bus cable 4 from the drive Note To remove the cable grasp the connector and pull it towards you Do not pull on the cable 6 Disconnect the internal SCSI address cable 5 from the drive 7 Slide the drive forward and out of...

Page 42: ...ly from the 7208 Tape Drive 1 Perform the cover removal procedure Refer to Removing and Replacing the Cover on page 26 2 Tilt the 7208 Tape Drive 1 in Figure 13 on page 29 on its side Support the power supply while removing the power supply mounting screw 2 from the bottom 3 Support the power supply while returning the 7208 Tape Drive to its original position 4 Disconnect the power supply connecto...

Page 43: ...itch push button 6 into the front panel and press until it locks in place Note If the power switch does not work properly loosen the power supply mounting screw 2 slide the power supply to the rear of the chassis and retighten the mounting screw v Arrange the cables so that they do not interfere with the cooling fan blades or the replacement of the cover Ensure that they do not obstruct airflow th...

Page 44: ...wer supply and the cooling fan 3 Remove the two screws lockwashers and nuts 2 that secure the cooling fan to the rear of the 7208 Tape Drive 4 Lift the cooling fan out of the 7208 Tape Drive To replace the cooling fan reverse the removal procedure Make sure that the cooling fan is oriented so that air flows out from the rear of the 7208 Tape Drive Figure 14 Removing and Replacing the Cooling Fan 3...

Page 45: ...Refer to Removing and Replacing the Cover on page 26 2 Perform the drive removal procedure Refer to Removing and Replacing the Drive on page 27 3 Using a Torx screwdriver remove the three T 6 screws that secure the top cover of the drive one on the rear and two sides of the drive See Figure 15 4 Slide the cover to the rear of the drive and remove it completely 5 If it obvious that the tape must be...

Page 46: ...ft side panel of the drive toward the rear locate the hole marked UNLOAD 1 in Figure 16 b Insert a 2 5 mm L Hex allen wrench approximately 43 mm 2 in into the UNLOAD hole Position it so that it seats securely into the inner socket c Turn the wrench in the direction marked on the drive clockwise d Rotate the wrench until the trolleys 2 stop moving This may take more than 120 turns of the wrench Fig...

Page 47: ... on the inner flange 2 c Gently push the flange with the probe in the direction marked on the drive clockwise d Repeat the preceding step until there is no slack in the tape This may take many motions to retract all of the tape Perform this motion until you feel a definite tightening in the flange tension 8 Ensure that the tape is fully retracted into the cartridge Figure 17 Moving the Supply Reel...

Page 48: ...terclockwise until the tape ejects 10 Replace the cover of the drive reverse the removal procedure 11 Replace the drive refer to Removing and Replacing the Drive on page 27 Note Service personnel should record on the service action report the error message that displayed on the LCD and the fact that the tape cartridge had to be manually removed Figure 18 Unloading the Tape Cartridge 34 7208 Model ...

Page 49: ...tricted in the Units column indicates that the part has a restricted availability Indenture The indenture is marked by a series of dots located before the parts description The indenture indicates the relationship of a part to the next higher assembly For example Indenture Relationship of Parts No dot MAIN ASSEMBLY One dot v Detail parts of a main assembly One dot v Sub assembly of the main assemb...

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Page 51: ...1 Cover includes feet 15 1622673 2 Screw bezel 16 74G8497 1 Push button power supply 17 19P0694 1 Logo 18 19P1434 1 Label SCSI LVD 19 71F0734 1 EMI gasket 00 09L5322 1 Data cartridge 225 m 00 09L5323 1 Data cartridge 150 m 00 35L1044 1 Data cartridge 75 m 00 59H2677 1 Test cartridge short length for customer engineer use 00 35L1409 1 Cleaning cartridge 00 19P0051 1 Device to device SCSI bus cable ...

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Page 53: ...zation for the specific countries where they are used For units set at 230 V outside of U S Use a Cable Set consisting of a minimum 18 AWG cable and grounding type attachment plug rated 15 A 250 V The Cable Set should have the appropriate safety approvals for the country in which the equipment is to be installed and marked HAR Table 6 lists the power cable part number the country where the power c...

Page 54: ...urma Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka 6 14F0033 United Kingdom Bahrain Bermuda Brunei Channel Islands Cyprus Ghana Hong Kong India Iraq Ireland Jordan Kenya Kuwait Malawi Malaysia Nigeria Oman People s Republic of China Qatar Sierra Leone Singapore Tanzania Uganda United Arab Emirates Dubai United Kingdom Zambia 7 14F0051 Switzerland Liechtenstein Switzerland 8 14F0069 Italy Chile Ethiopia Italy 9 ...

Page 55: ...End Of Data EOT End Of Tape LBOP Logical Beginning Of Partition LBOT Logical Beginning Of Tape LEOP Logical End Of Partition LEOT Logical End Of Tape PBOP Physical Beginning Of Partition PBOT Physical Beginning Of Tape PEOT Physical End Of Tape PEOP Physical End Of Partition Note Items in the Cause column are defined as follows A Application software O Operator B Bus SCSI S System D Drive T Tape I...

Page 56: ...ested 11 D 50 O 50 11 Too many permanent READ errors occurred The drive cannot synchronize the data 8 6 D 10 T 90 14 PEOT or PEOP was encountered on a READ or VERIFY operation 2 8 6 D 50 O 50 15 An incorrect filemark was encountered during a READ operation 8 6 T 100 16 A media error was detected during a READ operation 8 6 D 10 T 90 17 A hardware error occurred during a READ operation 12 D 100 18 ...

Page 57: ...ration 8 6 D 20 T 80 3A An incorrect filemark was encountered during a SPACE operation 3 T 100 3B The SPACE LOCATE operation has aborted as requested 11 D 50 O 50 3D There is no information at this position on tape The tape drive cannot perform a space operation 8 6 D 20 T 80 47 An incompatible media cartridge was rejected after loading 14 O 90 T 10 4B The tape is at an illegal position for an ERA...

Page 58: ... 12 D 100 93 A PEOP was detected 10 A 100 94 The drive failed to perform the WRITE SETMARK operation 6 T 100 95 A WRITE failure occurred after the retry limit was exceeded 8 6 D 30 T 70 96 A WFM failure occurred after the retry limit was exceeded 8 6 D 30 T 70 97 A WRITE EOD failure occurred after the retry limit was exceeded 8 6 D 30 T 70 98 The Buffer Record Table BRT which is a list of block ad...

Page 59: ...100 A7 A Physical Port READ buffer CRC error occurred 12 D 100 A8 A Physical Port parity error occurred 12 D 100 AC A servo software error occurred 12 D 100 AD A servo hardware error occurred 8 6 D 10 T 90 AE The drive is not tracking correctly 8 6 D 40 T 60 AF An PEOT or PEOP was encountered during a motion command 2 D 100 B0 The drive is not tracking the tape is damaged 8 6 D 40 T 60 B3 A LBOT o...

Page 60: ...50 S 50 D0 An incorrect field exists in the Parameter List Mode Data 2 D 50 S 50 D1 An illegal bit is set in the identify message 2 D 50 S 50 D2 Media removal is prevented 2 D 50 S 50 D3 The command issued has a mode mismatch variable fixed 2 D 50 S 50 D4 An illegal Transfer Length in was encountered in the CDB 2 D 50 S 50 D6 Could not change the MODE SELECT parameters since the tape was not at Lo...

Page 61: ...rror was detected 12 B 100 E3 The operation was aborted in the Data phase because of an incorrect message 12 B 100 E4 The operation was aborted after the Data phase because of an incorrect message 12 B 100 E5 The operation was aborted after the Data phase because of an unspecified error 12 B 100 E6 An ABORT operation occurred which was caused by a SCSI Bus Parity Error 12 B 100 E7 An ABORT operati...

Page 62: ...is rewritten If rewrite activity is excessive the tape drive moves the tape backward reads the tape to verify that blocks are written and then moves the tape backward again It then performs a write splice operation and rewrites the blocks If the rewrite threshold is exceeded for any block the tape drive returns Check Condition status with the sense key set to Medium Error 3h and the FSC set to 9Eh...

Page 63: ...e containing data 5 Tape is write protected and a write or erase was attempted Either write enable the tape or insert a write enabled tape 6 Perform the following until the operation can be completed 1 Clean the drive 2 Retry the operation 3 Clean the drive 4 Replace the tape cartridge 5 If the error persists and there is an error in the system error log call your service representative 7 Insert a...

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