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Exabyte 440 and Exabyte 480
The following table describes the information in the Drive Status
screen.
Drive Status screen
DRIVE
N
STATUS
Identifies the tape drive, as follows:
DRIVE 1 – The top tape drive
DRIVE 2 – The second from top tape drive
DRIVE 3 – The third from top tape drive
DRIVE 4 – The bottom tape drive
Type Identifies the tape drive model. This information is updated at
power-up and after a reset.
If “8mm” appears, it indicates one of the following conditions:
No tape drive is present in this slot.
A non-Mammoth tape drive is using downlevel firmware that
cannot send status indicators to the library. (For non-Mammoth
tape drives, you must have firmware level 8SC-0793 or above to
obtain tape drive information.)
An Exabyte Mammoth tape drive is installed, but the Use
Mammoth configuration option is set to OFF.
A tape drive firmware error has occurred.
Present Indicates whether a tape drive is installed in this slot.
0 – A tape drive is not present.
1 – A tape drive is present.
Accessible Indicates the accessibility of the tape drive to the CHM.
0 – A cartridge is loaded in the tape drive or the tape drive’s status is
unknown.
1 – A cartridge is protruding from the tape drive or the drive is empty.
Clean 0 – The tape drive is clean.
1 – The tape drive needs to be cleaned or the cleaning tape is used up.
Warning Not currently used.