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Function Code 6: Run SCSI Wrap Test

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Cartridge Unloading In Progress then: Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty v If the copy operation fails, a message similar to the following displays, and an error code appears in the single-character display. ERROR! Cooling Problem To determine the error, locate the code in Table 6 on page 39. The tape drive unloads the tape cartridge, exits maintenance mode, and displays the following message: Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty Function Code 6: Run SCSI Wrap Test Function Code 6 performs a check of the SCSI circuitry from and to the SCSI connector. Note: This test requires that the drive be terminated by either the terminator on the connector or at the end of the bus. Before you select this function, disconnect the SCSI cable of the 3580 Tape Drive that is closest to the host. Then, attach the SCSI wrap plug to that SCSI connector. 1. Make sure that no cartridge is in the drive. 2. Make sure that the following message appears on the message display (you may need to turn the power off, then on again for the message to appear): Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty 3. Within two seconds, press the unload button 3 times. The status light becomes solid amber and the following message displays (indicating that the tape drive is in maintenance mode): Maint Mode: Select Exit Maint Mode Note: If a cartridge is in the tape drive, it will eject the first time that you press the unload button and the drive will not be placed in maintenance mode. To continue placing the drive in maintenance mode, perform the preceding step. 4. Press the unload button once per second until 6 appears in the single-character display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code, press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.) Maint Mode: Select SCSI Wrap [Inst Plug} 5. Make sure that the SCSI wrap plug is connected to one of the SCSI connectors at the rear of the 3580 Tape Drive. Appendix B. Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions 51

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Cartridge Unloading
In Progress
then:
Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
v
If the copy operation fails, a message similar to the following displays, and an
error code appears in the single-character display.
ERROR!
Cooling Problem
To determine the error, locate the code in Table 6 on page 39. The tape drive
unloads the tape cartridge, exits maintenance mode, and displays the
following message:
Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
Function Code 6: Run SCSI Wrap Test
Function Code 6 performs a check of the SCSI circuitry from and to the SCSI
connector.
Note:
This test requires that the drive be terminated by either the terminator on the
connector or at the end of the bus. Before you select this function,
disconnect the SCSI cable of the 3580 Tape Drive that is closest to the host.
Then, attach the SCSI wrap plug to that SCSI connector.
1.
Make sure that no cartridge is in the drive.
2.
Make sure that the following message appears on the message display (you
may need to turn the power off, then on again for the message to appear):
Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
3.
Within two seconds, press the unload button 3 times. The status light becomes
solid amber and the following message displays (indicating that the tape drive is
in maintenance mode):
Maint Mode: Select
Exit Maint Mode
Note:
If a cartridge is in the tape drive, it will eject the first time that you press
the unload button and the drive will not be placed in maintenance mode.
To continue placing the drive in maintenance mode, perform the
preceding step.
4.
Press the unload button once per second until
6
appears in the single-character
display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code,
press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.)
Maint Mode: Select
SCSI Wrap [Inst Plug}
5.
Make sure that the SCSI wrap plug is connected to one of the SCSI connectors
at the rear of the 3580 Tape Drive.
Appendix B. Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions
51