3.Use the up or down key to select the drive menu from which you want information. Press [ENTER]. A screen similar to the example below displays.

D r i v e 1 S t a t u s

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4. Press [ENTER] again and use the arrow keys to scroll through the status screens.

The following table describes the information in the Drive Status fields.

 

Table 17. Drive Status Screens

 

 

 

Status Field

 

Description

Type

 

Identifies the tape drive model.

 

 

 

Serial Number

 

Displays the drive’s serial number.

 

 

 

Inq Version

 

Displays the four-character Inquiry version returned

 

 

by the drive’s SCSI Inquiry command.

 

 

 

Needs Cleaning

 

Indicates if the drive needs cleaning (1) or not (0).

 

 

 

Cart Status

 

Displays the status of the cartridge, if any, in the tape

 

 

drive.

 

 

 

Format

 

Displays the data format of the cartridge currently in

 

 

the tape drive.

 

 

 

Warning

 

Indicates that the drive is free of errors (0) or displays

 

 

an error code.

 

 

 

Present

 

Indicates whether the drive is not installed (0) or is

 

 

installed (1).

 

 

 

Access

 

Indicates whether the drive is not accessible to the

 

 

robot (0) because a cartridge is already loaded or the

 

 

drive’s status is unknown; or the tape drive is accessi-

 

 

ble (1) because a cartridge is ready to be loaded in

 

 

the tape drive or the drive is empty.

 

 

 

Occupied

 

There is no cartridge loaded in the tape drive (1) or a

 

 

cartridge is loaded (0).

 

 

 

Occup Valid

 

The door has been opened or some other interruption

(Occupied Valid)

 

has occurred so the occupied information may not be

 

 

reliable (0) or the occupied information is reliable (1).

 

 

 

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