
LTO Tape Drive User’s Guide
4 - Maintenance
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Error Isolation
Errors are isolated using wrap plugs, a scratch tape, and procedures. When an error occurs,
the tape drive tries to automatically isolate errors using diagnostic and statistical data.
Error Reporting
The drive reports failures by the following:
•
Operator panel
A
Drive Error
Drive determined that a drive hardware failure has occurred, most
likely as a
result of performance degradation. Error condition
clears when drive is
powered off. Drive is not disabled.
C
Drive needs to be cleaned
Drive determines that it needs to be cleaned.
Also set during a Cleaner Cartridge load and subsequent clean
operation. This condition clears when drive has been cleaned
and the cleaner cartridge is removed.
E
External interface Port offline Fiber/SAS port is offline.
F
Drive or Fiber Channel Error –
NO LIGHT
Displayed if dip switch 3 is ‘on’ and the drive does not see light,
or when a fiber wrap diagnostic fails because drive did not see
light.
H
Reserved for future use
J
Incompatible Media
Media not supported.
P
Write Protect
Write operation to a write protected cartridge has been
attempted.
c
Reserved for future use
d
Fiber AL_PA conflict
Two drives on fiber loop have the same AL_PA.
e
Encryption Error
The drive detected a configuration or set-up error prior to an
encryption
operation. A problem may exist with the key manager
communication path.
If this error appears immediately after power-on, there is a
hardware failure or the necessary cryptographic certificate is
missing or corrupted - drive replacement is required for this
case only.
h
Reserved for future use
n
Reserved for future use
u
Microcode update is in
progress
The drive is in the process of uploading and flashing new
Firmware.
o
Bouncing
Up/Down
Broke or excessive slack tape Drive has encountered a condition where it cannot eject the
tape or determine that tape is in the path of the head. Manual
intervention required.
Figure 8
MTR Recovery
Drive is recovering from power cycle with tape in drive. The “figure
8” is
broken up with a countdown indicating progress in ten’s
percentage to
completion. 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Error
Code
Description
Display Conditions