Table 46: Dump icon images (continued)
Icon
image
Meaning: This dump is associated with …
Permanence
Faint
Dump
(disabled)
Write or read permanent error, or a microcode trap that is
stored in the drive. Automatically created or created by the
action of the microcode.
Disappears after power-
cycling or a drive reset
Solid
Flash
Dump
Dump you requested (when the drive is removed or
replaced) by selecting flash dump from the “CE Dump menu”
on page 113. A flash dump is stored in flash memory.
Preserved over power cycles
or after drive reset
Faint Flash
Dump
(disabled)
Dump because of permanent errors that are created by the
action of the microcode. It is retrieved like any dump that is
available in memory is retrieved. Use this dump when
directed by your next level of support.
Preserved over the first
power cycle or after drive
reset
Notes:
• Flash memory is a repository for drive condition and status information.
• Flash dump memory is used primarily by Engineering and the IBM repair facility.
• You can remove a dump from flash memory to relieve the customer of responsibility concerns. See
“Clearing flash dump memory” on page 211.
• While the dump is being transferred, no indication of progress displays until the dump icon reappears
in the lower right of the service panel.
Write-protected icons
The write-protected icons are displayed in the status icons area of the service panel (see Item
6
The write-protected icon (physical)
is a read only symbol that is displayed when the write-protect
mechanism on the cartridge is set to the write-protected position.
The write-protected icon (logical)
is a read only symbol that is displayed when the 3592 drive receives
the
Mode Select
command from a host program that sets the volume to a logically write-protected
state. Both Write Once Read Many (WORM) and Persistent Write Protect status leave a volume logically
write-protected on subsequent loads. Persistent Write Protection can be turned OFF with a subsequent
Mode Select
, while WORM cannot be turned OFF. Associated Write Protection persists only while a
logical volume is loaded or until a
Mode Select
changes the protection status. Associated Write
Protection status is lost when a volume is unloaded or the drive is powered OFF. Write protection is
temporarily inactive (and the icon reverts to write-unprotected) during loading and unloading when the
drive updates the volume control region (VCR) on the tape.
The write-unprotected icon
is a read/write symbol that displays on the service panel when the write-
protect mechanism on the cartridge is set to the ‘not write-protected’ position.
Intervention messages
Intervention messages display on the service panel in the intervention screen when the drive requires
service attention. The intervention screen consists of an 8-character intervention message that is
displayed in a large font, a prompt that indicates that the Options menu can be accessed by pressing
Enter, a drive type and capability reminder, device status information, and a two-line message area.
Figure 34 on page 85 shows the intervention screen followed by an example of a Mount command that
requests that a tape cartridge with the volume serial number (VOLSER) 123567 be mounted. In this
example, M means mount and S means scratch. The _*______ message indicates that a tape cartridge
was mounted, and the job was either canceled or abended. The host software wrote the message as
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