Note: The codes on the single-character display have different meanings, depending on whether they
display during normal operations or while the drive is in Maintenance mode. Codes that occur during
normal operations are defined in “Descriptions and corrective actions” on page 38. Codes that occur
while in maintenance mode are defined in “Selecting a Diagnostic or Maintenance function” on page 28
Table 10. Methods of receiving errors and messages
If the error or message was presented by…
Do this…
The system's display (if the tape drive is enclosed in a
library or autoloader)
Refer to the documentation for the system.
The tape drive's single-character display and the fault
LED flashes amber
See “Descriptions and corrective actions” on page
38. To determine the meaning of the LED, see the
“Front panel” on page 7 section in the Introduction.
The tape drive's single-character display and the fault
LED is solid amber
See “Selecting a Diagnostic or Maintenance function”
on page 28. To determine the meaning of the fault LED
activity, see the “Front panel” on page 7 section in the
Introduction.
SCSI log sense data (such as TapeAlert flags) or SCSI
drive sense data
See Table 12 on page 46 or “Descriptions and
corrective actions” on page 38.
The tape drive's error log
See “Descriptions and corrective actions” on page
38.
Descriptions and corrective actions
Table 11 on page 38 gives descriptions of the errors and messages that pertain to the tape drive, and
tells what to do when you receive them.
Notice: If the tape drive detects a permanent error and displays an error code other than
0
, it
automatically completes a dump of vital data to drive memory. If you force a dump, the existing dump is
overwritten and data is lost. After you force a dump, do not turn off the power to the tape drive or you
might lose the dump data.
Table 11. Descriptions and corrective actions
The single-character display clears if you power-off the drive.
Code
Cause and Action
0
No error occurred and no action is required. This code displays:
• When power is cycled (turned off, then on) to the tape drive.
• When diagnostics have finished running and no error occurred.
Note: The single-character display is blank during normal operation of the tape drive.
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