Associated tape drives, Tape drive information – HP Insight Management Agents User Manual
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Total Moves—Displays the number of tape moves for the library loader arm.
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Service Hours—Displays the number of hours of operation for the library.
Associated Tape Drives
To see more information about the tape drive, see the product information on the HP website
Tape Drive Information
Select one of the tape drive entries from the Mass Storage submenu to display the following
information about that drive.
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Status—Displays the status of the tape drive. The following values are valid:
OK—Indicates the tape drive is operating normally.
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Degraded—Indicates the tape drive has degraded in some manner.
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Failed—Indicates the tape drive has failed and can no longer return data. The tape drive
may need to be replaced.
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Offline—Indicates the Storage Agents can no longer communicate with the tape drive.
This could be caused by a cabling problem or the tape drive may be powered off.
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Missing - Was OK—Indicates that a tape drive that was located in a system and had a
status of OK has been removed.
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Missing - Was Offline—Indicates that a tape drive that was located in a system and had
a status of offline has been removed.
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Unknown—Indicates that the state of the tape drive cannot be determined. You may need
to upgrade the Storage Agents.
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Model—Displays the model name of the tape drive. Use this value for identification purposes.
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Firmware Revision—Displays the firmware revision level of the tape drive. Use this value for
identification purposes.
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Serial Number—Displays the unit serial number for the tape drive. Use this value for
identification purposes.
NOTE:
Not all tape devices support serial numbers.
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Protocol Type—Displays the protocol used to communicate with the tape drive. The following
values are valid:
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Parallel SCSI—The protocol is Parallel SCSI.
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Serial ATA—The protocol is Serial ATA.
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SAS—The protocol is Serial Attached SCSI.
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Unknown—The Storage Agents are unable to determine the protocol.
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Current Width—Displays the current negotiated data transfer width for Parallel SCSI tape
drives. The possible values are:
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Narrow (8 bits)—The negotiated data transfer width for this drive is narrow (8 data bits).
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Wide (16 bits)—The negotiated data transfer width for this drive is wide (16 data bits).
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Unknown—The Storage Agents are unable to determine the current negotiated data
transfer width for this drive.
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