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Table 18 Device Configuration test details (continued)

Device Configuration test

Details/Other test

Options

Enable/Disable Data Compression—Specify enabled or disabled to enable or
disable data compression on the drive. Specify leave unchanged to retain the
current data compression setting.

Prevent/Allow Media Removal—Specify prevent or allow to prevent or allow media
removal from the drive. Specify leave unchanged to retain the current setting.

Enable ODBR—This option is only available for some DDS drives. For DDS, device
analysis will indicate whether or not there is a need to enable OBDR using the
Device Configuration test.

All drives supported by L&TT.

Available for

Device Self-test

Table 19 Device Self-test details

Device Self-test

Details/Other test

This test executes the internal self-test of the device and reports any failures. This test
is useful in confirming that the device itself is operating properly. Not all devices
support an internal self-test.

Description

NOTE:

If no options are specified, L&TT runs the test with looping options set to Count
based loop with a looping value of 1.

Test will not overwrite any data on media present in the drive.

For instructions on how to perform this test, see

“Running tests and device-specific

utilities” (page 29)

or

“Running the tests (CSI)” (page 50)

.

Command line syntax—The Device Self-test is available from the command line.
For more information, see

“Running tests (CLF)” (page 64)

.

Run this test as a quick check of the integrity of the device.

When to run

< 1 minute

Duration

Options

Looping options—Specify Count based loop or Time based loop(min). In either
case, the actual value is entered separately using the Looping value parameter.

Example 3 To set a time-based loop of 10 minutes:

testopt=”Looping Options:Time based loop(min)”

testopt=”Looping value:10”

Looping value—Specify an integer greater than zero.

Example 4 To set a count-based loop to iterate five times:

testopt=”Looping Options:Count based loop”

testopt=”Looping value:5”

AIT, DDS, DLT, SDLT, VS80/VS160 or DLT1, LTO autoloaders and drives, ESL, MSL,
C7200, C7145, C5177, C1194F, C5151, C5173, C6280, SSL 1016 and STK

Available for

libraries, STK 9840 drives, MO drives & libraries, and A6356A Fibre Channel
management card.

Diagnostic tests

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