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Check the Message Code, see “Message Codes” on page MSG-9, for all SIMs before entering the
START section with the FID. Once you have located the FID, go to START-1 for problem determination.
See
AS/400 Advanced Series Service Functions, SY44-4902 for more detailed information on displaying
and printing the error logs.
Figure 100. Hex to ASCII Conversion
Hex ASCII Hex ASCII Hex ASCII Hex ASCII Hex ASCII
00 Null 30 0 41 A 4A J 54 T
20 Space 31 1 42 B 4B K 55 U
32 2 43 C 4C L 56 V
33 3 44 D 4D M 57 W
34 4 45 E 4E N 58 X
35 5 46 F 4F O 59 Y
36 6 47 G 50 P 5A Z
37 7 48 H 51 Q 5F _
38 8 49 I 52 R
39 9 53 S
Note: All codes are not shown.
enter selection: 39
Scsi status: 2h/Sense information Length 6 h
Sense KEY/ASC/ASCQ = 2/3a/
KEY meaning is: not ready
Sense Info - - - consult SCSI spec for details
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
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- 7 2 58 3a FF 2
1 - C4 8 1 4 A
2 -
3 -
4 - 32 46 31 2 2 2 2
5 -
analyze <> called with rc 1 err <ERROR_SUCCESS> data
total elapsed time in seconds =
.
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HEX ASCII DESCRIPTION
FF FID (FRU identification number) Byte 14
C4 8 FSC (fault symptom code) Bytes 16 and 17
324631 2F1 Microcode level, Bytes 72-74
(Not shown) VOLSER# in ASCII or EBCDIC, Bytes 83-88
Figure 101. Tape Util Error Sample
For further information on gathering error data, see IBM SCSI Tape Drive, Medium Changer, and Library
Device Drivers: Installation an User's Guide. GC35–0154, the MSG section of the Manual of Instructions
and the Hardware Reference Manual. On certain errors a ntutil test_unit_ready command (39)has to be
issued to display the sense information. Sense ingforamtion can also be retrieved with a log_sense
command (83).
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