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Degraded—Indicates that the library has degraded in some manner.

Failed—Indicates that the library has failed and can no longer return data. The library might need to be

replaced.

Offline—Indicates that the Storage Agents can no longer communicate with the library. This could be

caused by a cabling problem or the library might be powered off.

Unknown—The status of the tape library cannot be determined. Ensure the latest drivers and Storage Agents

are installed.

Model—Displays the tape library model.

Serial Number—Displays the unit serial number for the library. It can be used for identification purposes.

Firmware Version—Displays the firmware revision level of the tape library as returned by the SCSI inquiry

command.

Service Hours—Displays the number of hours in service.

Total Moves—Displays the total number of moves.

Door Status—Displays the tape library door status. The following values are valid:

Open—Indicates that the tape library door is open.

Closed—Indicates that the tape library is closed.

Not supported—Indicates that the tape library does not detect or report door status.

Unknown—The door status of the tape library cannot be determined. Ensure the latest drivers and Storage

Agents are installed.

Temperature—Displays the tape library temperature status. The following values are valid:

OK—Indicates that the temperature of the library is within normal operating limits.

Safe Temperature Exceeded—Indicates that the temperature of the library has exceeded the safe operational

temperature. The library continues to operate under this warning.

Maximum Temperature Exceeded—Indicates that the temperature of the library has exceeded the normal

operating limits to the extent that the library might no longer function.

Not supported—Indicates that the library cannot detect or report the temperature status.

Unknown—The temperature status of the tape library cannot be determined. Ensure the latest drivers and

Storage Agents are installed.

Redundancy—Displays the tape library redundancy status, which denotes the presence of internal redundant

components, such as fans, power supplies, etc. The following values are valid:

Active—Indicates that the library is capable of detecting and reporting redundant components, there are

enough redundant units already installed, and the redundancy is active.

Capable—Indicates that the library is capable of detecting and reporting redundant components but there

are not enough redundant units installed to make redundancy active.

Not capable—Indicates that the library is capable of detecting and reporting redundant components but

there are no components that support redundancy.

Not supported—Indicates that the library cannot detect or report redundancy status.

Unknown—The redundancy status of the tape library cannot be determined. Ensure the latest drivers and

Storage Agents are installed.

Hot Swap—Displays the tape library hot swap status which denotes the presence of hot swappable internal

components, such as drives, fans, power supplies, etc. The following values are valid:

Capable—Indicates that the library is capable of detecting and reporting hot-swappable internal

components and has at least one hot-swappable component.

Not capable—Indicates that the library is capable of detecting and reporting hot swappable internal

components but there are no hot-swappable components installed.

Not supported—Indicates that the library cannot detect or report hot-swap status.

Unknown—The hot-swap status of the tape library cannot be determined. Ensure the latest drivers and

Storage Agents are installed.

Last Known Error—Displays the hexadecimal error status code including text information, if available. For

details, see the hardware documentation for more information.

Associated Tape Drives—Displays a list of tape drives associated with the tape storage system.

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: