Chapter 5

 

The following table describes the information in the Drive Status

 

screen.

 

 

Drive Status screen

 

 

DRIVE N

Identifies the tape drive, as follows:

STATUS

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.

 

 

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Exabyte 480, 440 manual Screen, Drive Status screen