Dell TL2000 manual Appendix B. TapeAlert Flags, TapeAlert Flags Supported by the Library

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	Flag name	Type	Description
Code
(d=decimal)
01d	Library	C	The media changer mechanism is having difficulty communicating with
	Hardware A		the drive:
			v	Turn the library OFF then ON
			v	Restart the operation
			If problem persists,
02d	Library	W	There is a problem with the media changer mechanism. If the problem
	Hardware B		persists,
03d	Library	C	The media changer has a hardware fault:
	Hardware 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,
04d	Library	C	v Ensure that the media changer and drives are not being used by any
	Hardware D			host, then reset the library from the front panel.
			v If the problem persists, go to

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