DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
Maintenance Object Repair Procedures
9-1637TAPE
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If an error is detected with any p art of the process of reading the program
update file from the disk or tap e and applying the program upd ate to
memory, a hardware error 409 will be generated. This error will invoke a
MAJOR alarm and

Emergency Transfer

on a system with simplex SPE. It
will i nitia te an SPE i nterc han ge fo llowe d by a MIN OR alar m on a syste m
with d upl icat ed SPEs . When t his er ror oc cur s, th e cop ies o f the p rog ram
update files on the disk and tape are invalidated so that those files no
longer appear when a list configuration software c ommand is entered
from the System Access terminal.
To clear this alarm, first correct any other tape and disk alarms. Then
restore the two copies of the prog ram update files on the di sk and tapes
and apply those up grades using ‘‘Software upd ates’’ in Chapter 6.
v. Error type 3841 is used to record misc ellaneous data when an
out-of-service condit ion occurs. See the
MSS Error Acti ons
table at the
end of the section on TAPE.
System Technician-Demanded Tests:
Descriptions and Error Codes
Always investigate tests in the order p resented in the table belo w when
inspecting errors in the sys tem. By clearing error cod es associated with the
Reset Test
, for example, you may also clear errors g enerated from other tests in
the testing sequence.
Tape Reset Test (#809 and #894)
The Tape Reset Test consists of the following steps c ontrolled by firmware on the
Host Adapter Circuit (located on the MSSNET CIRCUIT PACK):
Order of Investigation Short Test
Sequence Long Test
Sequence Reset Board
Sequence D/ND1
1. D = Destructive; ND = Nondestruc tive
Tape Reset Test (#809) X X ND
Tape Diagnostic Test (#813) X X ND
Tape Looparound Test (#814) X X ND
Tape Status Test (#815) X X ND
Tap e F ir m wa re Er r or
Counters Read and Clear Test (#812) X X ND
Tape Write-Read Test (#810) X ND
Tape Audit Test (#811) X ND
Tape Reset (#894) X ND