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Additional fields on mammoth drive status screen, Chapter 4 operating the tape drives – Grass Valley PLS200 User Manual

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Chapter 4 Operating the Tape Drives

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PLS200 Library Installation and Operation

Additional Fields on Mammoth Drive Status Screen

Mammoth Drive Status:

Cart

Displays the status of a data cartridge, if any, in this tape drive:
Loaded – A cartridge is in the tape drive and the tape is loaded into the tape path.
Loading – A cartridge is being loaded into the tape drive.
Unloading – A cartridge is being unloaded from the tape drive.
Present – A cartridge is in the tape drive, but the tape is not loaded in the tape path.
Empty – The tape drive does not contain a cartridge.

Write ECC

Displays the number of blocks rewritten during write operations, divided by the total
number of blocks written.

Read ECC

Displays the number of blocks requiring error correction code (ECC) during read
operations, divided by the total number of blocks read.

Tape left

Displays how much tape is left, in megabytes, on the cartridge currently in this tape drive.

Tape size

Displays the total amount of tape, in megabytes, on the cartridge currently in this tape
drive.

Tape fmt

Displays the data format of the cartridge currently in the tape drive.

Serial

Displays the tape drive's serial number.

BOOT

Displays the code level of the tape drive's boot ROM.

FLASH

Displays the code level of the tape drive's flash EPROM.

ENTER = LCD
Display

Allows you to switch to Mammoth LCD display mode by pressing

. When you

do so, the third line of the library's LCD shows additional information that would be
displayed on the tape drive’s LCD. To return to the Drive Status screen from Mammoth

LCD display mode, press

.

Enter

Escape