LTO Tape Drive User’s Guide
4 - Maintenance
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2.
Press the Eject button once per second until
2
appears in the SCD.
If you cycle past the desired code, press the Eject button once per second until the code
reappears.
3.
Press and hold the Eject button for three (3) or more seconds, then release it to select the
function.
The SCD changes to a flashing
C
, requesting a cartridge.
4.
Insert the FMR tape cartridge.
The SCD changes to a flashing
2
. The Fault light is ON and solid during tape movement
and flashing while code is being loaded. The Ready light is OFF. The tape drive loads the
updated firmware from the FMR tape into its erasable programmable read-only memory
(EPROM) area.
•
If the update completes successfully, the tape drive rewinds and unloads the FMR
tape, resets itself, and is ready to use the new firmware. The drive automatically
reboots.
•
If the update fails, the tape drive posts an error code to the SCD. To determine the
error, locate the code in the
“Error Codes Table” on page 62
. The drive then unloads
the FMR tape and exits Maintenance mode after the cartridge is removed from the
drive. Contact Overland-Tandberg Technical Support for problem determination or
machine replacement.
Function Code 3: Create FMR Tape
Function Code
3
copies the drive’s field microcode replacement (FMR) data to a scratch data
cartridge. The resulting FMR tape can only be used to update the firmware on an LTO tape
drive of the same Generation with the same host interface (SAS or Fibre Channel).
CAUTION:
For this function, insert only a scratch (blank) data cartridge or a cartridge that may
be overwritten. During the test, the drive overwrites the data on the cartridge.
NOTE: If you inserted an invalid tape cartridge, error code J or 7 appears in the SCD. If you inserted
a write-protected cartridge, or the media has read-only compatibility, error code P appears in
the SCD. In either case, the tape drive unloads the cartridge and exits Maintenance mode
after the cartridge is removed from the drive.
1.
Place the drive in Maintenance mode by pressing the Eject button three (3) times within
two (2) seconds.
2.
Press the Eject button once per second until
3
appears in the SCD.
If you cycle past the desired code, press the Eject button once per second until the code
reappears.
3.
Press and hold the Eject button for three (3) or more seconds, then release it to select the
function
3
.
The SCD changes to a flashing
C
, requesting a cartridge.
4.
Insert a scratch (blank) data cartridge that is not write protected (otherwise, the tape
drive exits Maintenance mode).
The SCD changes to a flashing
3
.
The tape drive copies the FMR data
to the scratch data
cartridge.
•
If the tape drive creates the FMR tape successfully, it rewinds and unloads the new
tape, exits Maintenance mode, and the tape is ready to use.
