IBM H80 Series manual Drive, Aid, Tape

ŸThe service aid transmitted a SCSI Inquiry Command and an￿ adapter error occurred.

ŸThe service aid transmitted a SCSI Inquiry Command and a c￿heck condition occur.

When

the

SCSI

Bus

Service Aid

is

started,

a

description

of

the

service

aid displays.

Pressing the

Enter

key displays the Adapter Selection menu. Use this menu to enter

the

address

to

transmit

the SCSI

Inquiry

Command.

When

the

adapter

is

selected

the

SCSI Bus

Address

Selection

menu

displays. Use

this

menu

to

enter

the

address

to

transmit

the SCSI

Inquiry

Command.

After

the

address

is

selected,

the SCSI

Bus

Test

Run

menu

displays. Use

this

menus

to transmit the SCSI Inquiry Command by pressing Enter. The service aid

then

indicates

the

status of the transmission. When the transmission is completed,

the

results

of

the

transmission

displays.

Notes:

ŸA Check Condition can be returned when the bus or device is working correctly.

ŸAIX does not allow the command to be sent if the device is in use by another process.

SCSD	Tape	Drive	Service	Aid
This	service		aid	allows	you to obtain the status	or	maintenance information from a
SCSD	tape	drive.		Not all	models of SCSI tape drive	are	supported.

The service aid provides the following options:

Ÿ Display time since a tape drive was last cleaned.

The time since the drive was last cleaned displays on the screen, as well as a message regarding whether the drive is recommended to be cleaned.

ŸCopy a tape drive's trace table.

The	trace	table of	the	tape drive is	written	to	diskettes or	a file.	The diskett
must	be formatted for DOS. Writing the				trace	table	may require	several	diskettes.
The	actual	number of diskettes is determined by the size of the trace							table.
Label the		diskettes	as	follows:
Ÿ TRACE[	x].DAT

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