IBM 3590 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Material Handling Safety . . . . . . . vii
Laser Safety and Compliance . . . . . . vii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . ix
IBM 3590 Publications . . . . . . . . ix
IBM 3490 Publications . . . . . . . . ix
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated
Tape Library (3494) Publications
. . . . ix
RS/6000 ® Publications . . . . . . . . x
AS/400 ® Publications . . . . . . . . x
S/390 ® Publications . . . . . . . . . x
IBM Fibre Channel Fabric Publications . . x
IBM ESCON ® Publications . . . . . . x
IBM FICON ™ Publications . . . . . . xi
Related Software Publications . . . . . xi
HP Publications. . . . . . . . . . xii
SUN Publications . . . . . . . . . xii
Other Publication . . . . . . . . . xii
Online Access . . . . . . . . . . . xii
IBM Storage Media support. . . . . . xii
IBM 3590 Tape Subsystem Support . . . xii
Non-IBM Support . . . . . . . . . xiii
Do You Have Comments or Suggestions? . . xiii
Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . xv
Fourteenth Edition . . . . . . . . . . xv
Thirteenth Edition . . . . . . . . . . xv
Twelfth Edition . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Eleventh Edition . . . . . . . . . . xv
Tenth Edition . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Ninth Edition . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Eighth Edition . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Seventh Edition . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Sixth Edition . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Fifth Edition . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. A14, C10, and C14 Control Unit
Operator Panel .
. . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 3. Drive Operator Panel and
Controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operator Panel Display . . . . . . . . 5
Fiducials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Drive Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Indicators and Icons . . . . . . . . . 13
Processor Check Indicator . . . . . . 14
File Protected Icons . . . . . . . . 14
Tape Position Indicator . . . . . . . 14
Dump Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Clean Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Intervention Messages . . . . . . . . 16
Message Priority and Display Rules . . . 19
FID and ATTN Supplemental Messages . . 23
Operator Panel Menus . . . . . . . . 28
Operator Flow Chart . . . . . . . . 30
Operator Menus . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 4. Automatic Cartridge Facility
(ACF) and Magazine .
. . . . . . . . 49
ACF Description . . . . . . . . . . 49
ACF Functions . . . . . . . . . . 50
ACF Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cartridge Magazine Positions . . . . . 52
Magazine Weight . . . . . . . . . 53
Inserting and Removing Cartridges from
the Magazine
. . . . . . . . . . 53
Inserting and Removing the Magazine in
the 3590 .
. . . . . . . . . . . 54
Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . 55
ACF Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Accumulate Mode . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automatic Mode . . . . . . . . . . 60
System Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Random and Random 2-LUN Modes. . . . 63
Cell Status Indicator LEDs . . . . . . . 64
Cell Status: Flashing Yellow–Attention
indicator LED
. . . . . . . . . . 65
Cell Status: Steady Yellow–Alert
Conditions
. . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cell Status: Steady Green–In-Use Indicator
LED.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 5. Cleaning Procedures . . . . 67
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