IBM Ultrium 3580, Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

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Handling the Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Repositioning or Reattaching a Leader Pin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Repositioning a Leader Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reattaching a Leader Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Environmental and Shipping Specifications for Tape Cartridges . . . . . . . 37
Disposing of Tape Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ordering Media Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ordering Bar Code Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 5. Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Procedure 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Procedure 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Procedure 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix A. Codes on the Single-Character Display . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendix B. Performing Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions . . . . . 47
Placing the Tape Drive in Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Performing a Diagnostic or Maintenance Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Function Code 1: Run Tape Drive Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Function Code 2: Update Tape Drive Firmware from FMR Tape . . . . . . 52
Function Code 3: Create FMR Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Function Code 4: Force a Drive Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Function Code 5: Copy the Drive Dump to Tape (at Beginning of Tape) . . . 56
Function Code 6: Run SCSI Wrap Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Function Code 7: Run RS-422 Wrap Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Function Code 8: Unmake FMR Tape
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Function Code 9: Display Error Code Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Function Code A: Clear Error Code Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Function Code C: Insert Cartridge into Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Function Code E: Test Cartridge & Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Function Code F: Fast Read/Write Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Function Code H: Test Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Function Code 0: Exit Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appendix C. Manually Removing a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 69
Required Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Performing the Removal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rewinding the Tape into the Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Disengaging the Leader Pin from the Leader Block
. . . . . . . . . . 72
Unloading the Cartridge from the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Fixing a Jammed, Broken, or Detached Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing the Internal Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing the Cover of the Internal Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Fixing the Problem
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Cartridge from the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Appendix D. Installing a Tape Drive into a Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing the Shelf from the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Appendix E. TapeAlert Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Appendix F. Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Power Cable Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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