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Page 5: ...endix E Reordered and revised Chapters 2 and 3 to describe operator panel controls and indicators before presenting operator tasks Moved drive rear panel drive status LED information into Chapter 1 Updated and reformatted Chapter 4 Menu System Updated Appendix C Initial Drive Settings 135462 September 2007 E Added Interface Port Usage information updated Figure 1 3 and corrected cleaning cartridge...

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Page 7: ...Conventions 15 Related Publications 15 Documentation Support and Training 16 Notices 17 United States FCC Compliance Statement 17 CISPR 22 and EN55022 Warning 17 Japanese Compliance Statement 18 Taiwan Warning Label Statement 18 Internal Code License Statement 19 1 Introduction 21 T10000 Tape Drive Description 21 Tape Drive Rear Panel 22 Interface Ports Use 22 ...

Page 8: ...nt Drives 27 T10000 Cartridges 28 T10000 Cartridge Types 28 Standard Data Cartridges 28 Sport Data Cartridges 29 VolSafe Data Cartridges 29 Sport VolSafe Data Cartridges 29 Cleaning Cartridges 30 Diagnostic Cartridges 30 Media Information Region 30 Statistical Counters 30 Data pointers 30 Normal Processing 31 Cross Density Cartridge Processing 31 Invalid Media Information Conditions 32 2 Rack Moun...

Page 9: ...4 Identify a Defective Cartridge 44 Write Protect Write Enable a Cartridge 45 Manually Load Unload Cartridges 46 Load a Cartridge 46 Unload a Cartridge 47 Rebuilding an MIR 48 Operator Panel MIR Rebuilds 48 VOP MIR Rebuild 49 Cleaning the T10000 Tape Drive 51 4 Menu System 53 Menu System Overview 53 Menu Structure Overview 54 Menu Operations 55 Online Menu Operation 55 Offline Menu Operation 56 Vi...

Page 10: ...s 86 VolSafe Sport VolSafe Cartridge Labels 86 Diagnostic Cartridge Labels 86 Cleaning Cartridge Labels 87 Label Size Specification 87 Label Reference Documents 87 C Initial Drive Configuration Settings 89 D Messages and Translated Messages 91 Messages 91 Translated Messages 95 E Specifications 97 Physical Specifications 97 Power Specifications 98 Rack Mount Tape Drive Power Specifications 98 Libr...

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Page 13: ...3 FIGURE 2 2 Operator Panel 34 FIGURE 2 3 Rack Mount Chassis Rear Panel 37 FIGURE 3 1 Data Cartridge Write Protect Enable Switch 45 FIGURE 5 1 Cartridge Inspection Points 83 FIGURE 5 2 Cartridge Door and Tape Leader 84 FIGURE B 1 Standard Eight character Label 86 FIGURE B 2 Diagnostic Cartridge Label 86 FIGURE B 3 Cleaning Cartridge Label 87 FIGURE B 4 Eight Character Data Cartridge Label Specific...

Page 14: ...Drive Operations 76 TABLE C 1 Drive Configuration Initial Settings 89 TABLE C 2 FICON Specific Drive Configuration Initial Settings 90 TABLE D 1 Operator panel Display Messages 91 TABLE D 2 Translated Display Messages 95 TABLE E 1 T10000 Tape Drive Physical Specifications 97 TABLE E 2 T10000 Tape Cartridge Physical Specification 97 TABLE E 3 Tape Drive Power Supply Input Power 98 TABLE E 4 T10000 ...

Page 15: ...r 4 Menu System describes use and navigation of the T10000 tape drive s menu system Chapter Service Calls and Help describes where an operator can get help and how to place a service call Appendix A Cartridge Care details care of the data cartridges Appendix B Data Cartridge Labels has the specifications for the various labels used on the data cartridges Appendix C Initial Drive Configuration Sett...

Page 16: ...injury or death A warning always precedes the information to which it pertains Mensajes de alerta Los mensajes de alerta llaman la atención hacia información de especial importancia o que tiene una relación específica con el texto principal o los gráficos Note Una nota expone información adicional que es de interés especial Una nota puede señalar excepciones a las normas o procedimientos Por lo ge...

Page 17: ...ue prints black in hardcopy publications URLs http www sun com Blue prints black in hardcopy publications Document Title Part Number Virtual Operator Panel User s Guide 96179 Crypto Key Management Station User s Guide 1 96262 Crypto Key Management Station Configuration and Startup Guide 1 96261 Crypto Key Management Station and Data at Rest Encryption Technical Brief 1 TT0018 Crypto Key Management...

Page 18: ... Operator s Guide July 2008 Revision EA 96174 Documentation Support and Training Sun Function URL Documentation http www sun com documentation Support http www sun com support Training http www sun com training ...

Page 19: ... to Federal Communications Commission Rules 47 CFR 15 105 Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequ...

Page 20: ...il for Interference by Information Technology VCCI In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take corrective actions Taiwan Warning Label Statement The following warning label statement pertains to BSMI regulations in Taiwan R O C English translation This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio ...

Page 21: ...ute in or be used by or in connection with Equipment and which detects records displays and or analyzes malfunctions in the Equipment d Microcode is defined as a set of instructions software that is either imbedded into or is to be loaded into the Equipment and executes below the external user interface of such Equipment Microcode includes both Internal Code and Maintenance Code and might be in ma...

Page 22: ...o whom such Equipment is transferred and such transferee accepts the provisions of this license by initial use of the Internal Code You cannot pass to the transferee of the Equipment any greater rights than granted under this Notice and shall hold StorageTek harmless from any claim to the contrary by your transferee or its successors or assigns In addition the terms and conditions of this Notice a...

Page 23: ...hnology called partial response maximum likelihood PRML to provide a high density data format that allows the T10000A tape drive to record and store up to 500 gigabytes GB and the T10000B tape drive to record and store up to 1 terabyte TB of uncompressed data The unique data cartridge uses a single reel for high capacity The file reel is located inside the data cartridge while the machine reel res...

Page 24: ...bre Channel specifications ref InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards INCITS documents SCSI Primary Commands 3 Section 5 6 and Fibre Channel Protocol 3 The drive will support two hosts providing that both hosts honor the reserve release and or the persistent reserve release specifications It is not recommended that a T10000 tape drive be connected to the same host bus port wit...

Page 25: ...on Red Hardware failure Processor not functioning call for service Red SF 1 IPL started Booting no communication with drive until IPL is complete Amber SF 1 Functional code loading Initializing no communication with drive until IPL is complete Green IPL complete dumps NOT present Normal operating condition drive is ready for functional tasks Communication with drive is possible Green SF 1 IPL comp...

Page 26: ...n encrypted tape cartridges Note After a drive has been Armed it cannot be restored to the Safe mode in the field TABLE 1 2 interprets the various states of the encryption status LED Refer to Crypto Key Management documentation listed in the Related Pubs section for additional information TABLE 1 2 Encryption Status LED State Descriptions LED State Mode Description Green Safe Encryption capable bu...

Page 27: ...Format tape cartridges Run all diagnostics service representative function What an Encryption Enabled T10000 Tape Drive CANNOT Do Append to a non encrypted tape cartridge Write a non encrypted tape cartridge Mix encrypted and non encrypted data on the same tape cartridge Encryption Resources For additional information on the encryption capabilities and features of the StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive ...

Page 28: ...ont panel see FIGURE 2 2 on page 34 Service representatives can also connect to the T10000 drive through the PC based StorageTek Diagnostic System STDS application which has an operator panel emulation tool Virtual Operator Panel The VOP application window FIGURE 1 3 provides a graphical user interface GUI to the connected drive For more information regarding VOP and guidelines for operation see t...

Page 29: ...n be directed by VOP through the drive s rear panel Ethernet maintenance port see FIGURE 1 2 on page 22 The following libraries support the T10000 tape drive SL3000 SL8500 L180 L700e L1400M 9310 T10000A only Rack Mount Drives Operation of rack mounted drives by an operator is normally through the drive tray chassis physical operator panel see Operator Panel Controls Indicators on page 34 However o...

Page 30: ...000 Cartridge Types Basic types of data cartridges are Standard Sport VolSafe Sport VolSafe Cleaning Standard Data Cartridges These are the common read write data cartridges These data cartridges are under warranty for 15 000 mounts These data cartridges are under warranty for 200 full file writes T10000A tape drive to the media The tape drive issues a warning message to FIGURE 1 4 T10000 Cartridg...

Page 31: ... tape drive 240 GB when formatted by a T10000B tape drive VolSafe Data Cartridges These are write once data cartridges They cannot be erased without destroying the tape itself The tape drive writes data on the tape and appends data to the cartridge on free space until the cartridge is full The tape drives may read these cartridges multiple times see the mount limitations for the standard data cart...

Page 32: ...the cartridge s radio frequency identification RFID chip and at the beginning of tape in an area known as the media information region MIR The information stored in the RFID is a proper subset of the information stored in the MIR The media information falls into two categories statistical counters and data pointers Statistical Counters Statistical counters reflect the usage of the cartridge and in...

Page 33: ... in the read invalid state meaning the MIR directory information is still completely valid Once a write takes place the RFID is marked write invalid meaning the MIR directory information on tape is invalid The T10000A and B use the drive resident copy of the information to access customer data pointers for read only functions Statistical counters are continuously updated in the memory resident inf...

Page 34: ... The cartridge is usable but since none of the block information is trusted it is rebuilt as the drive sequentially reads all of the data up to the desired customer data Note This scenario can cause the drive to spend an hour or more rebuilding the block information potentially causing the application running on the host to time out If the MIR is corrupted or unreadable the fine grained block loca...

Page 35: ...or panel mounted between the cartridges loading slots The upper portion is for drive A left and the lower portion is for drive B right Load Unload Slot The load unload slots only accept T10000 tape cartridges All other cartridge types will not load into the T10000 tape drive After you have inserted a tape cartridge the loader mechanism lowers the cartridges onto the hub motor and threads the tape ...

Page 36: ...erator panel FIGURE 2 2 provides independent control and indications for the two rack mount T10000 tape drives Each section contains four push button micro switches four LEDs and a ten character display window Note TABLE 2 1 on page 35 describes the controls TABLE 2 2 on page 35 describes the LED indicators FIGURE 2 2 Operator Panel ...

Page 37: ...ower on IPL in progress Wait for the IPL to complete Flashing does not stop Off Off Off Power on IPL sequence failed Power cycle the drive If the problem persists contact authorized service personnel On Off Off Off Power on IPL complete cartridge not loaded Load a cartridge as required On On Off Off Power on cartridge loaded tape not moving Ready for read write commands from the host software appl...

Page 38: ...splay window is formed by a horizontal row of ten LED array segments Each segment is an array of 35 dots five wide and seven high Each array can form an uppercase or lowercase alpha character a numerical digit or a special character such as an asterisk Multiple messages or a message greater than ten characters will be displayed by the window alternating between required character groups Note Appen...

Page 39: ...drives Note The drive status LED and encryption status LED for encryption capable drives for each drive are visible through the drive cooling grids FIGURE 2 3 Rack Mount Chassis Rear Panel 1 Drive B host interface port A 2 Drive B host interface port B 3 Drive B cooling grid 4 Drive B Ethernet port connects to the drive maintenance port 5 AC power switch 6 AC power receptacle 7 Drive A cooling gri...

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Page 41: ...m load IPL Note The power indicator flashes while the IPL is in progress left most operator panel LED see FIGURE 2 2 on page 34 The operator panel display window displays various messages relative to the IPL sequence These messages do not require operator action The drive successfully completes an IPL when The drive power indicator is steady The operator panel display window displays an asterisk P...

Page 42: ...y completes an IPL The drive power indicator is steady An asterisk appears in the operator panel display window Note If there is a dump present the operator panel display window alternates between the asterisk and the dump message The dump present indication will stop when a tape cartridge is loaded IPL the Drive VOP This process assumes you are viewing the VOP screen see FIGURE 1 3 on page 26 1 M...

Page 43: ...ffline appears in the display window indicating a successful transition to the offline state 4 Press the Menu button until Exit Menu appears in the display window 5 Press the Select button to exit the menu system Place the Tape Drive Offline VOP To change the tape drive state to offline 1 Cease all I O activity from the host In mainframe environments this is done by varying the tape drive offline ...

Page 44: ... is accomplished by Enterprise Vary the tape drive online for all host paths to the tape drive by keying in one of the following commands MVS V address online VM Vary on address Open Systems if there is a switch unit installed and the port to this tape drive was blocked unblock that port Place the Drive Online VOP Note In a multi host open systems setting if there is a switch unit and it had a por...

Page 45: ...r panel Select button Yes to enter view configuration submenus The first configuration setting appears in the operator panel display window 4 Press the Menu or the Select button to step through the configuration settings Note In the drive online state the Select button has the same stepping function as the Menu button except when answering a displayed question 5 Press the Menu or Select button unt...

Page 46: ... leak water as a function of cooling the air and air handlers might be adding moisture to the air as a function of controlling the environment in a computer room Caution Cartridge damage Avoid dropping or handling cartridges roughly There is a hub locking mechanism within the T10000 data cartridge but it has limitations on just how much braking it provides Rough handling of a data cartridge could ...

Page 47: ...g The symbols indicate the following status Locked lock image shown closed Write protected The tape drive can only read data from the data cartridge Write operation attempts will fail Unlocked lock image shown open Write enabled unprotected The tape drive can read an or write data to from the data cartridge FIGURE 3 1 Data Cartridge Write Protect Enable Switch 1 File protect switch 2 Unlocked posi...

Page 48: ...room in the finger grip area to accomplish this the finger grip recessions on the bezel do not exist on tape drives used inside a library You have to overcome a slight resistance to fully seat the cartridge When the cartridge is fully seated the drive lowers the data cartridge a short distance onto the file reel motor hub assembly Note When manually loading a library attached drive make sure the l...

Page 49: ...when the operation is complete Note If the drive is offline the asterisk will alternate with Offline b VOP unload Click Drive Operations Unload Tape Caution Tape damage Any resistance to removing the cartridge beyond the usual friction between the cartridge case and the drive probably indicates that the leader is not fully rewound If you believe the leader is not fully rewound use the operator pan...

Page 50: ... until Build MIR appears 5 Press the Select button to begin the MIR rebuilding process Ld Cust Tp appears in the display window Note Any loaded cartridge unloads at this time If present remove any unloaded cartridge 6 Insert a cartridge with a defective MIR see Load a Cartridge on page 46 if required Note Rebuilding an MIR could take 90 minutes T10000A formatted cartridge or longer T10000 B format...

Page 51: ...splay shows Online click Drive Operations Set Offline This sets the tape drive to the Offline state 2 Click Drive Operations Format Tape Rebuild MIR Note This function can be aborted after it has started by clicking Abort on the Format Tape submenu 3 Follow the on screen prompts and directions Note If more than one tape has a defective MIR load the next cartridge into the tape drive when the VOP s...

Page 52: ...on fails to correct the situation contact a service representative about a possible stuck data cartridge Do not forcibly remove a data cartridge Attempt another build of the data cartridge before deciding that the data cartridge is defective To do this 1 Click Drive Operations Unload 2 After the data cartridge unloads gently push it back into the tape drive until it lowers onto the hub assembly to...

Page 53: ...ity and clean indicators turn off cleaning is complete and the tape drive unloads the cleaning cartridge Note If the tape drive immediately ejects the cleaning cartridge and the tape drive s front panel display screen displays the message Exp ClCart a similar message is displayed on the VOP if that program is being used to monitor the tape drive indicating that the cleaning cartridge has been used...

Page 54: ...nload operation Should that fail to correct the situation contact your service representative about a possible stuck tape cleaning cartridge Do not forcibly remove a tape cleaning cartridge 4 Remove the cleaning cartridge from the tape drive This completes the cleaning process and the tape drive is ready to resume normal operations ...

Page 55: ...ount drive chassis has a physical operator panel on the front panel see FIGURE 2 2 on page 34 Therefore you can access the menu system directly as an alternative to using VOP Note Service representatives can also use the PC based StorageTek Diagnostic System STDS application to navigate through the T10000 tape drive menu system Use version 1 55 or higher with a T1000A or version 1 57 or higher wit...

Page 56: ...ol Internet Protocol TCP IP configuration settings view only when online or allow TCP IP configuration changes when offline Press Menu to advances the display to the next menu Press Select to enter submenus Drive Operations menus offline only provide drive utilities Press Menu to advances the display to the next menu Press Select to enter submenus The Drive Firmware menu displays view only the cur...

Page 57: ... choices Press Menu No to bypass and advance to the next menu Press Select Yes to enter the submenus The View Configuration submenus allow you to view current drive configuration settings See TABLE 4 1 on page 60 for additional information The View TCP Configuration submenus allow you to view current TCP IP settings See TABLE 4 3 on page 71 for additional information View View Drive Exit Configura...

Page 58: ...e two choices Press Menu No to bypass and advance to the next menu Press Select Yes to enter the submenus The Change Configuration submenus allow you to change drive configuration settings See TABLE 4 1 on page 60 for additional information Change Change Drive Drive Exit Configuration TCP IP Operations Firmware Menu Interface Select DHCP Y N IPL from Tape Current firmware Exits menu Port A Attribu...

Page 59: ...ck online or powered off View Change Configuration Settings You can view only current configuration settings when the drive is online or you can view or change configuration settings when the drive is offline Use the menu trees for quick reference road maps or the drive configuration table TABLE 4 1 on page 60 for more detailed instructions Explanation of the Trees Press Menu to advance the menu d...

Page 60: ... node world wide name L second half 64 bit port node world wide name WWN Custom only when custom or dynamic WWN is set View PrtB current port B attributes same sub menus as port A Emulation Mode displays current emulation based on active interface FCP Emul STD standard 3592 special modes used only when directed by Engineering Tech Support FICON Emul VSM 3592 selected to match site requirements Cmp...

Page 61: ...gles to Normal which recalls factory preset WWN Cfg Port B change port B attributes same sub menus as port A Emulation Mode displays current emulation FCP Emul STD 3592 standard 3592 special modes select only when directed by Sun StorageTek Support FICON Emul VSM 3592 select to match site requirements Cmprss Yes Off No compression mode Full DSE Y N data security erase mode Drv Adr xy 2 character h...

Page 62: ...View Change TCP IP Configuration Menu This is the entry point to the configuration submenus Do one of the following Press Menu No to bypass Press Select Yes to enter submenus Interface Select Submenu Intf FCP Intf FICON Defaults to last saved selection Enables the drive interface to run FCP protocol Enables the drive interface to run FICON protocol In the online View mode only the current interfac...

Page 63: ...n Appears when an SFP module is present and readable nG max Gigabit speed 2 4 MM Multimode short wave SM Single Mode long wave nnnm maximum distance meters m short wave nn nk maximum distance kilometers k long wave Appears when an SFP module is present but unreadable Appears when an SFP module is not present in the port Note Display is information only and appears in both online and offline menus ...

Page 64: ... next submenu Note Manufacturing ships drives with Soft PA LO option selected The Solaris default FCP driver behavior requires Soft PA LO Interface Speed Rate Submenu Rate Auto Rate 4Gb Rate 2Gb Rate 1Gb Selects interface speed rate Speed determined by network Speed rate fixed at 4 Gb Speed rate fixed at 2 Gb Speed rate fixed at 1 Gb Note When fixed speed rate is selected the drive only operates a...

Page 65: ...racter until desired value appears then press Menu 3 Repeat step 2 for each character 4 Press Menu to advance to the second half of the WWN or press Select to restart the change mode L yyyyyyyy Defaults to last saved selection Comprises the second half of the 64 bit WWN that identifies this specific port node Typically only the last character is different than the other port node Generally when se...

Page 66: ...ess Select to enter the port attributes submenus Emulation Mode Submenu FC P Emul XXXXX Emul STD is Native Emul 9840 Emul 9940 Emul 3592 Do one of the following Press Menu to bypass Press Select until desired option appears then press Menu to set and advance to the next submenu Note Manufacturing ships Fibre Channel FCP drives with the Emul STD option selected Emul 9840 and Emul 9940 are special m...

Page 67: ...ommand to the End of Tape Writes data on the media that indicates valid data does not exist beyond the point of an Erase command Do one of the following Press Menu to bypass Press Select to toggle then press Menu to set and advance to the next submenu Note Manufacturing ships drives with the Full DSE N option selected Drive Address Submenu FICON only Drv Adr xy Defaults to last saved selection x y...

Page 68: ...l desired option appears then press Menu to set and advance to the next submenu Note Manufacturing ships drives with the English option selected Tape Bar Submenu Tape Bar Y Tape Bar N Defaults to last saved selection Enables secondary display of current read write point relative to the beginning of data mark on the tape Disables the option Do one of the following Press Menu to bypass Press Select ...

Page 69: ...e last character is different than the port nodes Generally when setting a Custom WWN in a drive you edit the second half of the WWN to replicate the second half of the WWN which was in use for the removed drive 1 Do one of the following Press Menu to bypass Press Select to start the change mode 2 Press Select to increment character until desired value appears then press Menu 3 Repeat step 2 for e...

Page 70: ...If bypassed the display advances to the Firmware Release Level Menu online or the Drive Operations Menu offline This is the entry point for the TCP IP submenus See View Change TCP IP Settings on page 70 Do one of the following Press Menu No to bypass Press Select Yes to enter TCP IP configuration submenus Drive Operation Menu Drv Menu offline only If bypassed the display advances to the Firmware R...

Page 71: ...21 10 120 3C 095 6A 070 9E 045 C9 020 17 119 43 094 6B 069 9F 044 CA 019 18 118 45 093 6C 068 A3 043 CB 018 1B 117 46 092 6D 067 A5 042 CC 017 1D 116 47 091 6E 066 A6 041 CD 016 1E 115 49 090 71 065 A7 040 CE 015 1F 114 4A 089 72 064 A9 039 D1 014 23 113 4B 088 73 063 AA 038 D2 013 25 112 4C 087 74 062 AB 037 D3 012 26 111 4D 086 75 061 AC 036 D4 011 27 110 4E 085 76 060 AD 035 D5 010 29 109 51 08...

Page 72: ... Change offline Configuration Press Select to enter press Menu to bypass DHCP Y N must be set to N to view change the static settings IPh aaa bbb IP Address high first half of static IP address IPl ccc ddd IP Address low second half of static IP address NMh aaa bbb Net Mask high first half of sub net mask NMl ccc ddd Net Mask low second half of sub net mask GWh aaa bbb Gateway high first half of g...

Page 73: ...wing Press Menu to bypass Press Select to toggle then press Menu to set and advance to the next submenu Notes 1 DHCP N must be active selected for you to change static IP Net Mask and Gateway 2 When DHCP Y is active selected you CANNOT change static IP Net Mask and Gateway 3 Manufacturing ships all drives with DHCP N option selected IP Address Hi Submenu IPhaaa bbb Defaults to last saved Valid ent...

Page 74: ... to bypass Press Select to start the change mode 2 Press Select to increment the flashing digit until desired value appears then press Menu to set 3 Repeat step 1 for each digit 4 Press Menu to advance to the next submenu or press Select to restart the change mode 5 If all digits flash press either Select or Menu to clear then press Select to restart the change more Note Manufacturing ships all dr...

Page 75: ...s Press Select to start the change mode 2 Press Select to increment the flashing digit until desired value appears then press Menu to set 3 Repeat step 1 for each digit 4 Press Menu to advance to the next submenu or press Select to restart the change mode 5 If all digits flash press either Select or Menu to clear then press Select to restart the change more Note Manufacturing ships drives with sta...

Page 76: ... yy zzza This submenu displays current drive firmware release level Press Menu or Select and advance to the Exit menu Exit Menu Exit Menu This menu allows you to stay in the menu system to return the drive to Online or to exit the menu system Press Menu No to go to the Online Offline menu Press Select Yes to exit the menu system Note If you exit the menu system with the drive offline the display f...

Page 77: ...d write protected cartridge containing drive firmware image Note After the firmware image is uploaded into the drive PROM the drive performs an IPL to load activate the new firmware and the drive returns to the online state MakeDumpTP formats tape cartridge to retrieve drive dump logs Ld Dump TP load write enabled code data dump cartridge MakeCodeTP downloads drive firmware image to tape cartridge...

Page 78: ...jects when this function is activated If Make Dump Tape fails and CHK xxxx appears try a different data cartridge 1 Do one of the following Press Menu to bypass Press Select to activate 2 When Ld Dump Tp appears insert a write enabled data cartridge 3 When the formatted dump tape unloads remove the data cartridge 4 Insert another write enabled data cartridge or press Menu to exit the dump tape sub...

Page 79: ...aded before you activate Build MIR Rebuild MIR flashes on the operator panel while the MIR is rebuilding 1 Do one of the following Press Menu to bypass Press Select to activate 2 When Ld Cust Tp appears insert the write enabled data cartridge with an invalid MIR Note When the MIR is rebuilt the data cartridge unloads 3 Remove the data cartridge 4 Insert another write enabled data cartridge requiri...

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Page 81: ... possible when you place a service call the process is much easier Account name Site location number Contact name Telephone number Equipment model number Tape drive address Tape drive code level Tape drive serial number Urgency of the problem Fault Symptom Code FSC from either the tape drive s front panel display screen rack mount the VOP window or as displayed on the host system display screen Pr...

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Page 83: ...Standard data Sport data VolSafe data and Sport VolSafe data cartridges Unpacking New Cartridges Unpack new data cartridges in the area in which they are used and allow them to acclimate for a period of at least 72 hours Handling Caution Tape Damage Cartridges are easily damaged and you must handle them carefully Follow these cartridge handling guidelines Do not expose the tape or cartridge to dir...

Page 84: ...nly the following assemblies are qualified for shipping T10000 cartridges Single Cartridge PN 1095329xx T10000 Cartridge 1 Pack Packaging Assembly Five Cartridges PN 1095332xx T10000 Cartridge 5 Pack Packaging Assembly Note Customers must obtain cartridge shipping packages from Sun StorageTek service representatives The 5 Pack packaging assembly only protects exactly five 5 T10000 tape cartridges ...

Page 85: ...d but load transfer data to a serviceable cartridge A dropped cartridge with visible damage that precludes normal loading into a drive might still be a candidate for data recovery Contact your Sun service representative regarding damaged data cartridge recovery options Use the following procedure to inspect a dropped cartridge 1 Closely examine the entire case front and back for breaks and or crac...

Page 86: ...the cartridge could damage the tape drive 6 Operate the write protect switch 2 FIGURE 5 1 on page 83 several cycles The write protect switch should slide smoothly 7 Open close the tape access door 1 FIGURE 5 2 several times and examine the door for damage If the door is visibly damaged and or does not open close smoothly the cartridge must be discarded 8 Hold the tape access door open and determin...

Page 87: ...e Library Use Cartridge Labels If you are using the data cartridges in a library the labels must conform to the specification shown in Label Size Specification on page 87 You must put these labels on the data cartridge in the label attachment area as shown by item 1 in FIGURE 1 4 on page 28 You must carefully place these labels in the label area with the bar code down to the hub side of the data c...

Page 88: ...t two characters T1 are the media identifier The color behind the media identifier is usually white for standard cartridges VolSafe Sport VolSafe Cartridge Labels These labels are the same as standard cartridge labels with the exception that the background color of the media ID area is usually yellow Diagnostic Cartridge Labels These labels must start with DG and a space no third character is used...

Page 89: ...own the left side of that label There is no specification for the font or the spacing of those visual characters Those visual characters are for operator use and are not used by the library Moreover the visual characters do not have to line up with the bar code lines for that character The background for the bar code area is always white The backgrounds for the visual characters varies depending o...

Page 90: ...acter C 5 Bar code character 1 6 Bar code character 2 7 Bar code character 3 8 Bar code media character D 9 Bar code media character M 10 Bar code stop character T 103_ 171 4 80T O6 80m m 1 2 10 25m m B A C 3 DM 7x10 16m m 1 188m m 1 188m m 0 432m m 0 027m m 0 076m m 0 432m m 6x10 16m m 4 32m m 4 32m m 4X R 1 50 0 25m m 0 027m m 0 076m m 0 027m m 0 076m m 0 027m m 0 076m m 3 175m m 16 05 1 0 mm 78...

Page 91: ...2048 WWN Port Port World wide Name Normal assigned Normal Custom Emul XXXX 1 Emulation Mode STD Standard 9840B2 9940B2 3592 Cmprss Data compression Yes Yes Off No Full DSE Data Security Erase N Yes Y No N SL Prot Standard Label Protection N Yes Y No N Language Message language specific messages English English Spanish French Italian German Tape Bar Tape activity display N Yes Y No N LIB Adr xy Lib...

Page 92: ... conditions shown Network IP Node Name T10000 last 9 digits of Serial Number SNMP Alerts All turned OFF Library Locator ACS 0 LSM 0 Panel 0 Drive 0 SNMP Managers None Specified Drive Statistics All zeroed Permanent Errors All zeroed pointers initialized Temporary Errors All zeroed pointers initialized TABLE C 2 FICON Specific Drive Configuration Initial Settings Item Function Preset Option Emul XX...

Page 93: ...L the tape drive again If the problem persists contact authorized service personnel BT Monitor A sequence of switches accessed an engineering area IPL the tape drive CC Diags IPL diagnostics are running None Chk xxxx where xxxx is an FSC An operational failure occurred the tape drive automatically performs an IPL Wait for the IPL to complete and retry the operation If the problem persists contact ...

Page 94: ...dump tape Ensure that the data cartridge tape is write enabled If the problem persists contact authorized service personnel DmpCrFail2 The tape drive cannot read the format of the data cartridge tape Retry the operation or try another cartridge tape If the problem persists contact authorized service personnel DmpWrFail1 The tape drive cannot write diagnostic data onto the data cartridge tape or th...

Page 95: ... a manual unload None NTReady U A write enabled tape is in the process of a manual unload None Offline alternating with The tape drive is offline None Online The tape drive is online None Power Fail The power supply failed Contact authorized service personnel Reading The tape drive is reading data None Ready A The loaded cartridge tape is a VolSafe cartridge None Ready F The loaded cartridge tape ...

Page 96: ...drive again If the problem persists contact authorized service personnel Unloading A cartridge tape is unloading None UnWr xxxx where xxxx is an FSC The Unload switch was pressed during a write operation Some data remains unwritten To write the unwritten data issue the command ESCON Swap in VM MVS environment Or Press the Unload switch again the unwritten data is lost Write Prot The tape drive att...

Page 97: ...nglish Espanol Francais Italiano Deutsch Cleaning LIMPIEZA NETTOYAGE PULIZIA REINIGEN Erasing BORRANDO EFFACEMENT CANCELLA LOESCHEN Locating Localizar Recherche Ricerca Suchen Loading Cargando Chargement Carico Laden NT Ready F No Listo A NPret F No Prnt F N Bereit F NT Ready U No Listo U NPret U No Prnt U N Bereit U Ready A Listo A Pret A Pronto A Bereit A Ready F Listo F Pret F Pronto F Bereit F...

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Page 99: ...T10000 Tape Drive Physical Specifications Measurement Specification Width 14 6 cm 5 75 in Depth 42 5 cm 16 75 in Height 8 25 cm 3 25 in Weight with drive tray SL8500 9310 L Series 9 4 kg 20 75 lb 6 9 kg 15 25 lb 8 3 kg 18 3 lb TABLE E 2 T10000 Tape Cartridge Physical Specification Height 2 45 cm 0 96 in Width 10 9 cm 4 29 in Length 12 5 cm 4 92 in Media length 917 m 3 009 ft recordable 855 m 2 805...

Page 100: ...e the figure of 172 3 watts which converts to approximately 588 Btu hr Because there are usually two tape drives in a rack mount unit these figures are doubled for a complete rack mounted pair of tape drives or 244 6 watts which converts to 1 176 Btu hr Library attached Tape Drive Power Specifications For SL3000 and SL8500 libraries use the power figure of 100 watts for each tape drive and its ass...

Page 101: ...A 1 TB 1x1012 bytes T10000B 256 MB 2 0 and 4 95 m s T10000A or T10000B read legacy 2 0 and 3 74 m s T10000B 8 0 m s to 12 m s varying speeds 8 0 m s to 12 m s varying speeds Throughput Data rate native uncompressed Burst transfer rate Interfaces 120 MB s 200 MB s 2Gb or 400 MB s 4Gb 2 Gb 4 Gb Fibre Channel FICON T10000A 4 Gb Fibre Channel T10000B Access times Tape load and thread to ready File acc...

Page 102: ...ended ranges Note Important Industry best practices recommends computer rooms maintain a relative humidity of 40 to 50 for best performance TABLE E 5 T10000 Tape Drive Environmental Requirements Description Optimum Recommended Extremes Temperature Operating Shipping Storing 22 C 72 F 22 C 72 F 22 C 72 F 20 25 C 68 77 F 20 25 C 68 77 F 20 25 C 68 77 F 10 to 40 C 50 to 104 F 40 to 60 C 40 to 140 F 1...

Page 103: ... to 113 F Storage up to four weeks 10 to 32 C 50 to 90 F Storage archival 15 to 26 C 59 to 79 F Shipping The shipping environment must not exceed the limit of the storage environment archive or nonarchive for longer than 10 days 23 to 49 C 9 to 120 F Relative Humidity Non condensing Operating1 20 to 80 Storage up to four weeks 5 to 80 Storage archival 15 to 50 Shipping2 5 to 80 Wet Bulb Maximum Op...

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Page 105: ...ctro technical Commission ISO IEC JTC1 SC1 IBM The IBM Dictionary of Computing copyright 1994 by IBM T Draft international standards committee drafts and working papers being developed by the ISO IEC JTC1 SC1 A access time The time interval between the instant at which a call for data is initialized and the instant at which the delivery of data is completed T address A character or group of charac...

Page 106: ...ion cartridge A storage device that consists of magnetic tape on a supply reel in a protective housing CC See cleaning cartridge cleaning cartridge A data cartridge that contains special material to clean the tape path in a transport or drive compress To save space by eliminating gaps empty fields redundancy or unnecessary data to shorten the length of records or files IBM condition One of a set o...

Page 107: ...t is usually specified as a nominal value and a tolerance range For a device there may be more than one set of environmental requirements for example one set for transport another for storage and another for operation T A EOT End of tape error A discrepancy between a computed observed or measured value or condition and the true specified or theoretically correct value or condition I A ESD Electros...

Page 108: ...hannel A channel having a Fibre Channel connection FICON channel to control unit I O interface that uses optical cables as a transmission medium May operate in either FC or FCV mode file protect To prevent the erasure or overwriting of data stored on data cartridges See also write protect switch FRU Field replaceable unit FSC Fault symptom code FTP File Transfer Protocol G Gb Gigabit equal to 109 ...

Page 109: ...o 255 For example 129 80 145 23 could be an IP address IP See internet protocol L library A robotic system that stores moves mounts and dismounts data cartridges that are used in data read or write operations link A physical connection electrical or optical between two nodes of a network M magnetic tape A tape with a magnetizable layer on which data can be stored T MB Megabytes or 1 000 000 bytes ...

Page 110: ...hin a host A port is identified by a port number IBM R read write head The data sensing and recording unit of a tape drive IBM reclaim The act of overwriting a legacy data cartridge by a newer generation drive For example a cartridge written by a T10000A drive can be overwritten reclaimed by a T10000B drive while a cartridge written by a T10000B drive can be reclaimed by a T10000A drive release A ...

Page 111: ...fline To change the status of a device from online to offline When a device is offline no data set may be opened on that device IBM vary online To restore a device to a state where it is available for use by the system IBM virtual operator panel VOP A software application that allows a user to monitor and perform some operations on one or more of tape drives remotely VolSafe VolSafe volume safe is...

Page 112: ...fixed transverse location write enabled A setting on a data cartridge that allows data to be written on the tape write operation An output operation that sends a processed record to an output device or output file IBM write protected A setting on data cartridges that prevents data from being written on the tape Reading data is still possible ...

Page 113: ...ng 81 dropped cartridges 83 handling 81 shipping 82 storing 82 caution messages in manual 14 shielded cables 17 CC Diags message 91 CE compliance statement 17 Chk xxxx message 91 clean indicator 35 Cleaning message 91 CodCrFail1message 91 CodCrFail2 message 92 CodeUpDate message 92 CodUpFail1 message 92 CodUpFail2 message 92 CodUpFail3 message 92 CodUpFail4 message 92 compliance statements CE 17 F...

Page 114: ...cations 99 physical specifications 97 power specifications 98 status LED location 22 states 23 dropped cartridges 83 DSE setting 65 DumpAgain message 92 DumpToHost message 92 E emulation modes FC 64 FICON 64 enable compression 65 encryption status LED location 22 states 24 environmental requirements 100 example of menu 55 Exit Menu configuration menu 68 drive menu 77 TCP IP 74 Exp Cl Cart message ...

Page 115: ...enu 56 online menu 55 view change configuration settings 57 overview 53 structure overview 54 view change configuration settings offline configuration menu tree 59 online configuration menu tree 58 view change TCP IP settings 70 menu trees drive operations 75 explanation 57 offline configuration 59 online configuration 58 TCP IP settings 70 messages asterisk 91 ASIA Diags 91 Bank n Bad 91 Boot Fai...

Page 116: ...ormance specifications 99 physical address hard setting 61 soft setting 61 specifications 97 placing the tape drive online 42 port attributes menu 62 attributes menu FC 62 SFP status speed menu view only 61 Power Fail message 93 Power Off 39 Power On 39 power specifications library attached drives 98 rack mount 98 precaución mensajes en el manual 14 precautions tape handling 44 process build MIR 7...

Page 117: ... 44 TCP IP view change settings 70 translated messages 95 Trapped message 94 U Unloading message 94 UnWr xxxx message 94 V vary the tape drive offline 41 vary the tape drive online 42 view online main menu drive 55 entry point 55 exit 55 fibre channel drives 55 FICON drives 55 firmware 55 tape drive configuration 43 View CFG message 43 VOP software version 43 W warning messages in manual 14 statem...

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