Tape Drive Operation
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The following table lists some messages that can appear for the selected AIT tape drive.
Table 16. Drive Display Messages
Viewing the Drive Status screens From the Drive Status screens, you can view status information about the tape drives. These information
screens are updated whenever there is a change in drive status.
To display tape drive information:
1. From the operator panel keypad, press [MENU] to display the menus. Press the down arrow
key until “Drive Menu” appears.
2. Press [ENTER]. The “Drive 1 Menu” appears.
Message Condition
READY-NOTAPE The tape drive is ready to accept a cartridge.
LOADING.... Tape is loaded
READY-TAPE The tape drive has successfully loaded the tape and
is ready for read/write operations.
READING The tape drive is reading data.
WRITING The tape drive is writing data.
TAPE IN MOTION The drive is moving tape.
SPACE FORWARD The tape drive is performing a forward search.
REWIND Rewind is in progress.
ERASE The tape drive is erasing data on the tape.
UNLOADING The tape drive is unloading a tape.
CLEAN DRIVE The tape drive should be cleaned at the next conve-
nient time.
CLEANING... Cleaning is in progress.
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