IBM T400F manual Flag, Description, Action Required, Number, in hex

TapeAlert Flags Supported by the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive

Flag	Flag
	Parameter	Flag	Description	Action Required
Number
	(in hex)
11	0Bh	Cleaning media	Set when you load a cleaning	No action required.
			cartridge into the drive.
12	0Ch	Unsupported format	Set when you load an	Use a supported tape cartridge.
			unsupported cartridge type into
			the drive or when the cartridge
			format has been corrupted.
15	0Fh	Cartridge memory	Set when a cartridge memory	Replace the cartridge. If this
		chip failure	(CM) failure is detected on the	error occurs on multiple tapes,
			loaded tape cartridge.	see error code 6 in Table 15 on
				page 67.
16	10h	Forced eject	Set when you manually unload	No action required.
			the tape cartridge while the drive
			was reading or writing.
18	12h	Tape directory	Set when the drive detects that	Re-read all data from the tape to
		corrupted in the	the tape directory in the cartridge	rebuild the tape directory.
		cartridge memory	memory has been corrupted.
20	14h	Clean now	Set when the tape drive detects	Clean the tape drive. See
			that it needs cleaning.	“Cleaning the Drive Head” on
				page 35.
21	15h	Clean periodic	Set when the drive detects that it	Clean the tape drive as soon as
			needs routine cleaning.	possible. The drive can continue
				to operate, but you should clean
				the drive soon. See “Cleaning
				the Drive Head” on page 35.
22	16h	Expired clean	Set when the tape drive detects	Replace the cleaning cartridge.
			a cleaning cartridge that has
			expired.
23	17h	Invalid cleaning tape	Set when the drive expects a	Use a valid cleaning cartridge.
			cleaning cartridge and the loaded
			cartridge is not a cleaning
			cartridge.
30	1Eh	Hardware A	Set when a hardware failure	If resetting the drive does not
			occurs which requires that you	recover the error, use the error
			reset the tape drive to recover.	code from the single-character
				display, library user interface, or
				SCSI drive sense data. See
				Table 15 on page 67.
31	1Fh	Hardware B	Set when the tape drive fails its	Use the error code on the
			internal self tests.	single-character display, library
				user interface, or SCSI drive
				sense data. See Table 15 on
				page 67.
32	20h	Interface	Set when the tape drive detects	Locate error code 8 or 9 in
			a problem with the SCSI, Fibre	Table 15 on page 67.
			Channel, or LDI (RS-422)
			interface.
33	21h	Eject media	Set when a failure occurs that	Unload and reload the tape
			requires you to unload the	cartridge.
			cartridge from the drive.

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