HP Insight Management Agents - Manual (Page 82)

Tape devices
Select a tape device entry in the SCSI controller submenu to display a list of information and
status associated with the selected tape device. The following information is displayed:
• Status—Displays the status of the SCSI Tape drive that you selected. The following values
are valid:
— OK—Indicates the tape drive is operating normally.
— Failed—Indicates the tape drive has failed and might need to be replaced.
— Offline—Indicates the tape drive is offline and can no longer return data. No further
status is available.
— Missing—Was OK—Indicates a tape drive that was located in the system and had a
status of OK, which has been removed.
— Missing—Was Failed—Indicates a tape drive that was located in the system and had a
status of failed has been removed. • Missing—Was Offline—Indicates a tape drive that
was located in the system and had a status of offline has been removed.
— Unknown—The Storage Agents cannot determine the status of this tape drive. You
might need to upgrade your driver software or Storage Agents.
• Model—Displays a description of the SCSI tape device model as returned by the SCSI inquiry
command. Use this item for identification purposes.
• Firmware Version—Displays the firmware revision level of the tape device as returned by
the SCSI inquiry command.
• Serial Number—Displays the serial number assigned to the tape device. This value is based
on the serial number as returned by the SCSI inquiry command, but might have been
shortened because of space limitations. Use this item for identification purposes.
NOTE: Not all tape devices support serial numbers.
• Placement—Indicates whether the physical drive is in an internal or external storage system.
The following values are valid:
— Internal—The physical drive is in an internal storage system.
— External—The physical drive is in an external storage system.
— Unknown—The physical drive is not in a storage system or the Storage Agents cannot
determine the drive placement.
—This symbol indicates that the drive is a hot-plug drive.
• Library Drive—Indicates whether the tape drive is included in a tape library. The following
values are valid:
— Yes—The tape drive is included in a tape library.
— No—The tape drive is not included in a tape library.
— Unknown—The Storage Agents are unable to determine if the tape drive is included
in a tape library.
• Media Changer Information—Displays the autoloader media changer information. This
only displays when the tape device is an autoloader.
— Model—Displays a description of the SCSI tape autoloader media changer model as
returned by the SCSI inquiry command.
— Firmware Version—Displays the firmware revision level of the tape autoloader media
changer as returned by the SCSI inquiry command.
— Serial Number—Displays the serial number assigned to the tape autoloader media
changer. This value is based on thee serial number as returned by the SCSI inquiry
command.
— Magazine Size—Displays the magazine size of the SCSI tape autoloader media changer
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