Appendix b. tapealert flags, Tapealert flags supported by the library, Appendix – Dell TL2000 User Manual

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Appendix

B.

TapeAlert

Flags

This

appendix

is

intended

to

provide

additional

information

to

the

reader

about

the

tape

drive.

All

error

code

and

diagnostic

information

contained

in

this

chapter

can

be

accessed

from

the

Operator

Control

Panel

of

the

Library.

The

drive

portion

of

the

Operator

Control

Panel

Display

will

contain

any

drive

error

codes.

Therefore

there

is

no

need

to

open

the

Library

to

access

the

buttons

on

the

drive

as

described

in

this

chapter.

TapeAlert

is

a

standard

that

defines

status

conditions

and

problems

experienced

by

devices

such

as

tape

drives,

autoloaders,

and

libraries.

The

standard

enables

a

server

to

read

TapeAlert

messages

(called

flags)

from

a

tape

drive

via

the

SCSI

bus.

The

server

reads

the

flags

from

Log

Sense

Page

0x2E.

This

library

is

compatible

with

TapeAlert

technology,

which

provides

error

and

diagnostic

information

about

the

drives

and

the

library

to

the

server.

Because

library

and

drive

firmware

may

change

periodically,

the

SNMP

interface

in

the

library

does

not

require

code

changes

if

devices

add

additional

TapeAlerts

that

are

not

supported

today.

However,

should

this

occur

the

Management

Information

Block

(MIB)

is

written

to

minimize

impact

to

the

SNMP

monitoring

station.

At

the

time

of

this

writing,

the

TapeAlert

flags

in

this

appendix

correctly

represent

TapeAlerts

that

will

be

sent.

The

MIB

file

should

not

be

taken

to

mean

that

all

traps

that

are

defined

in

the

MIB

will

be

sent

by

the

library

or

that

they

will

be

sent

in

the

future.

This

appendix

lists

TapeAlert

flags

that

are

supported

by

the

Ultrium

3

and

Ultrium

4

Tape

Drives.

TapeAlert

Flags

Supported

by

the

Library

Parameter

Code

(d=decimal)

Flag

name

Type

Description

01d

Library

Hardware

A

C

The

media

changer

mechanism

is

having

difficulty

communicating

with

the

drive:

v

Turn

the

library

OFF

then

ON

v

Restart

the

operation

If

problem

persists,

02d

Library

Hardware

B

W

There

is

a

problem

with

the

media

changer

mechanism.

If

the

problem

persists,

03d

Library

Hardware

C

C

The

media

changer

has

a

hardware

fault:

v

Ensure

that

the

media

changer

and

drives

are

not

being

used

by

any

host,

then

reset

the

library

from

the

front

panel.

v

If

the

problem

persists,

04d

Library

Hardware

D

C

v

Ensure

that

the

media

changer

and

drives

are

not

being

used

by

any

host,

then

reset

the

library

from

the

front

panel.

v

If

the

problem

persists,

go

to

B-1