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9840 Tape Drive Operations Guide—429596-002
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Monitoring Status Information
The following sections describe how to perform these activities.
Monitoring Status Information
The user can monitor the library, CAP, and drive status information through the library
status screen (see Figure 4-1--Operator Panel Display). The user can also monitor
CAP magazine status and the cleaning cartridge usage count through operator panel
menus.
Drive Status
Table 6-1 summarizes drive status messages that might appear on the library status
screen:
Drive Information
To view the details about an installed drive, including its serial number and firmware
version:
Table 4-1. Drive Status Messages
Status Message Explanation
INIT REQUIRED You must initialize the drive.
NOT CONNECTED This drive is not connected to a SCSI bus.
UNKNOWN DRIVE The library does not recognize the type of drive in this
location.
NOT COMMUNICATE This drive is not communicating with the client, or the drive
is powered off.
NOT FUNCTIONAL This drive is not functioning properly.
NOT LOADABLE The library cannot load a cartridge into this drive.
CARTRIDGE IN The drive contains a cartridge, but the cartridge is loaded
in this drive.
CLEAN NEEDED This drive requires cleaning.
CLEAN FAILED The attempt to clean this drive failed.
LOADING The library is mounting a cartridge into this drive.
REWOUND The cartridge in this drive has been rewound.
UNLOADING The library is dismounting a cartridge into this drive.
LOADED The library has loaded a cartridge into this drive.
REWINDING The cartridge in this drive is being rewound.
BUSY This drive is performing a read or write operation.
CLEANING The drive is being cleaned.
Note. The operator panel displays only 16 lines per screen. If the library contains more than 8
drives, use the down arrow button to scroll to drive 09 and higher.