Table 13. Problem Determination with the System Summary Window (continued)

 

 

 

 

Field Name

Action

 

 

 

 

LAN Attach Ports

The number in this ®eld is not, by itself, an indication of

 

A decimal count of the number of LAN attached hosts

failure. If there seems to be a problem communicating

 

with a host, choose Status and then select LAN Status

 

that are currently initialized with the 3494. If no hosts are

to view the status of all LAN attached hosts. Select the

 

initialized with the 3494, this shows as a dash. For

host in question from the list of hosts and note the last

 

example, if there are three hosts initialized with the 3494,

two columns of the screen. If the host is currently

 

this number is 3. If one host goes down, this number will

initialized, the column labeled Init contains a 1.

 

change to 2 when the 3494 tries to communicate with

 

 

that host.

If a host was initialized and something happened to

 

 

cause the host to appear to go down (to the 3494), the

 

 

column labeled Init will be a 0, since the 3494 is not

 

 

currently initialized with that host, and the column labeled

 

 

Prev Init will be a 1, since that host was initialized at one

 

 

time with the 3494. This ®eld is only accurate since the

 

 

last time the 3494 Library Manager was started.

 

 

 

 

Convenience I/O

Contact your service representative to teach the

 

 

 

Empty or Volumes present should be indicated.

system or make the Convenience Input¤Output Station

 

available.

 

Unknown shows the system has not been taught or the

 

 

 

Convenience Input¤Output Station has been made

 

 

unavailable.

 

 

 

Convenience I/O Mode

Contact your service representative to teach the

 

Insert or Import should be indicated. Unknown implies

system or make the Convenience Input¤Output Station

available.

that an error has occurred while attempting to determine

 

the mode.

 

 

 

 

 

High-Capacity Status

Contact your service representative.

 

 

 

Failed shows the high-capacity operation has failed to

 

 

complete.

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory Update

Contact your service representative.

 

 

 

Failed shows the inventory update operation has failed to

 

 

complete.

 

 

 

 

 

Overall System

Contact your service representative if Failed is indicated.

 

OK should be indicated. Degraded shows that a

If Degraded persists, also contact your service

 

representative.

 

component in the library has failed but the library

 

 

continued to operate. Failed shows that a component has

 

 

failed and operations cannot continue.

 

 

 

 

 

Accessor

1. Attempt to return library to Auto Mode.

 

 

 

OK should be indicated. Failed shows that the accessor

2. If problem persists, contact your service

 

representative.

 

(or both accessors if Model HA1 is installed) has failed or

 

 

 

has been made unavailable and operations cannot be

 

 

completed. Degraded shows that one accessor in an

 

 

HA1 system has failed or been made unavailable.

 

 

 

 

 

Gripper

Contact your service representative.

 

 

 

OK should be indicated. Failed shows that the gripper (or

 

 

both grippers if Model HA1 is installed) has failed or has

 

 

been made unavailable and operations cannot be

 

 

completed. Degraded shows that at least one gripper in

 

 

an HA1 system has failed or been made unavailable.

 

 

 

 

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