7-4
Errors and Operational Failures
500300 Rev. U
ERROR DISPLAY
DEFINITION
NOT SELECTED
Drive address not set to 0 and SCSI operation is enabled.
OUT OF TAPE STOP
The tape has reached a point 13 feet beyond the EOT marker strip.1
RD-LDP, ARA 2LONG
The ARA burst exceeded 15-inches while reading a GCR tape from loadpoint.
RD-LDP, BOT HUNG
The tape drive continually senses BOT during a read operation from loadpoint.
RD-LDP, BOT POSTN
The tape drive did not sense the BOT tab during a read operation from
loadpoint.
RD REV INTO BOT
BOT was detected during a read reverse command.
RD/WR ENV. STUCK
The read envelope did not go false within the required distance after writing a
block.
READ CHKSUM ERR.
A checksum error has occurred in the Read DSP during power-up or manual
diagnostics.
READ COMM. FAIL
Failure occurred in Read DSP interboard communications during power-up or
manual diagnostics.
READ REV AT LDP
A read reverse command was received while the tape was positioned at BOT.
READ THRESH FAIL
An out-of-tolerance condition was detected in the read threshold circuitry during
power-up or manual diagnostics.
SCSI CHKSUM ERR.
A checksum error has occurred in the SCSI DSP during power-up or manual
diagnostics.
SCSI COMM. FAIL
Failure occurred in the SCSI DSP interboard communications during power-up
or manual diagnostics.
SCSI S.TEST FAIL
A failure on the SCSI PCBA was detected during the power-up or manual
diagnostics.
UNKNOWN ERROR
This indicates a problem in the drive's operating firmware.
WRITE CHKSUM ERR.
A checksum error has occurred in the Read DSP during power-up or manual
diagnostics.
WRITE COMM. FAIL
Failure occurred in the Write Formatter DSP interboard communications during
power-up or manual diagnostics.
WRITE-V AMP FAIL
An out-of-tolerance condition was detected in the write voltage amplifier
circuitry during power-up or manual diagnostics.
WRITE-V D/A FAIL
Out-of-tolerance condition detected in the write voltage DAC during power-up or
manual diagnostics.
Table 7-2 Non-Terminal Errors (Part 2)