Table 34. FID Messages (continued)
FID | Description | Customer Action |
FID FF is always presented to the host in SCSI Request
Sense Data. Some types of problems also present this
FID on the operator panel.
1.FID FF Displayed on Drive Panel: (It also went to the host.)
v FID FF is automatically displayed when the operator selects Force Error Dump from the operator Services menu.
vAction: Remove the dump icon and the FID message by pressing the Reset Push button or by powering the drive OFF, and then ON.
vThe FID message can be removed without removing the dump icon by selecting Reset Drive on the operator Services menu.
| Operator | 2. FID FF Displayed at Host Only - Not on Drive |
| Panel: (It went to the host only.) | |
FF | Procedure or Host | |
| Problem | v The host receives this FID, but it is not presented |
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| on the drive operator panel. If FID FF was |
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| reported in host error log via a SIM message, |
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| then perform action indicated in SIM message |
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| codes (such as clean drive). |
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| v This FID is presented for an invalid and |
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| unsupported SCSI command or parameter, which |
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| is a SCSI application program software problem. |
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| Sense data exists at the host. |
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| v This FID can also be presented for a drive |
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| operator procedural problem. For example, FID |
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| FF is presented when a magazine is not in the |
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| ACF and the host issues a Load command. |
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| Another example is when the operator tries to |
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| switch to random mode and the magazine is not |
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| locked. |
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