IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 3580 L23, Setup And Operator Manual

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Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
__ 3. Within two seconds, press the unload button 3 times. The status light
becomes solid amber and the following message displays (indicating that the
tape drive is in maintenance mode):
Maint Mode: Select
Exit Maint Mode
Note:
If a cartridge is in the tape drive, it will eject the first time that you
press the unload button and the drive will not be placed in
maintenance mode. To continue placing the drive in maintenance
mode, perform the preceding step.
__ 4. Press the unload button once per second until
F
appears in the
single-character display and the following message displays. (If you cycle
past the desired code, press the unload button once per second until the
code redisplays.)
Maint Mode: Select
Fast R/W Diagnostic
__ 5. Press and hold the unload button for 2 or more seconds, then release it to
select the function. Immediately after the following message displays, insert
a scratch (blank) data cartridge that is not write-protected (or the tape drive
exits maintenance mode).
Fast R/W Diagnostic
Load Scratch Tape
__ 6. After you insert the scratch data cartridge, the flashing
C
in the
single-character display changes to
F
, and one or more of the following
messages display:
Fast R/W Diagnostic
Tape Loading = = = >
Fast R/W Diagnostic
Locating = = = >
Fast R/W Diagnostic
Rewinding = = = >
followed by:
Fast R/W Diagnostic
Writing = = = >
and:
Fast R/W Diagnostic
Reading = = = >
The tape drive runs the tests.
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IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive Setup and Operator Guide