Operating the Library

Setting and Viewing SCSI IDs

Interpreting SCSI Bus Status Indicator LEDs

Each SCSI bus has an LED to indicate the bus status.

Table 3-3

SCSI Status Indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IndicationStatus

 

 

 

 

 

Steady green

Port active and OK. Internal (on-board) termination

 

 

 

enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing green

Port active and OK. Internal (on-board) termination

 

 

 

disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

No light

Port not active or not configured.

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing red

Bus mismatch or loss of external termination power.

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing yellow

Bus off-line for on-line drive replacement.

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing Current SCSI Address Settings

 

 

 

 

1 2 → ADMIN * → SCSI IDs * → VIEW IDs *

 

 

 

 

 

To view the current SCSI address settings:

 

1.

Verify that the drive status displays. If not, press CANCEL until it does.

 

2.

Press NEXT until ADMIN * displays, then press ENTER.

 

3.

Enter the three-part numerical password (see “Entering the Administration

 

 

Menu Password” on page 3-9).

 

4.

Press NEXT until SCSI IDs * displays, then press ENTER.

 

5.

SET IDS * displays. Press NEXT until VIEW IDS * displays, then press ENTER.

 

6.

BUS # LIB ID # or BUS # DRV # ID * displays. (BUS # LIB ID # stands for

 

 

the current SCSI ID of the robotics controller. BUS # DRV # ID # is the current

 

 

SCSI ID setting for the displayed drive number and its associated BUS#.)

 

7.

Press NEXT or PREV to scroll through the current address settings.

 

8.

Press CANCEL until the next operation to perform displays, or until the drive

 

 

status (library “ready” state) displays.

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