FSC EEEE FFFF
FSC F020 EEEE
When the information is displayed (that is, EEEE is repeated), the service panel is frozen (you cannot
select another menu, and the pushbuttons do not respond). Therefore, you cannot use the service panel
or cannot get dumps from the host or with the service panel.
1. Obtain as much information as possible about the job that is running, any drive operations, and the
failure scenario. Record the information that displayed on the service panel (including the 4 lines of
support data). Save this information. Your next level of support might request it.
2. Reset the drive (see “Services menu” on page 97). The drive automatically runs the power-on self-test
(POST).
3. Use Figure 78 on page 243 to help you resolve this condition.
Select
"Verify Fix/Diag"
and
"Test Device"
Did test fail
with a FID
or Attn msg?
Did POST complete
without an error?
CE Options menu
will be displayed.
Did you get a
FID E6 in small
letters?
Go to START
section
Hardware problem
Go to START section
and use the next
FRU (85) in the
FID 84 list
Record information
displayed on panel
(Include all four
lines of support
data.)
Call next level
of support
Go to "End of Call"
Can customer
recreate the
problem?
A14M0097
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Figure 78: Flow diagram for FID 84 or E6 in a smaller font
FID 87 or F2 - Isolating fault between media and hardware
A FID 87 or F2 is generated when the drive experiences an error and cannot determine whether the error
was caused by the tape cartridge, a customer job, or by a problem in the drive hardware. The FID 87 or F2
is not displayed on the drive. It is logged in the sense information that is returned to the host system. If
the customer receives errors when reading or writing to the drive and there is no FID displayed on the
drive, a FID 87 or F2 is probably returned in the sense information to the host. If needed, refer to Chapter
3, “Messages,” on page 39 to determine how to obtain service information from the host system.
Use this procedure to determine the cause of the read or write errors.
1. Determine which VOLSER numbers or cartridges are potential problem.
Procedures 243