IBM 3580-L23 Setup Guide - Page 89
Function Code 9: Display Error Code Log, is in maintenance mode
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The tape drive erases the firmware on the tape and rewrites the header in the cartridge memory to change the cartridge to a valid scratch (blank) data cartridge: v If the operation is successful, the tape drive displays 0, rewinds and unloads the newly converted scratch data cartridge, and exits maintenance mode. The following message displays: Unmake FMR Tape Completed! followed by: Cartridge Unloading In Progress then: Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty v If the operation is not successful, an error code displays. To determine the error, locate the code in Table 8 on page 55. To clear the error, turn the power off, then on again. Function Code 9: Display Error Code Log Function Code 9 displays the last 10 error codes, one at a time (the codes are ordered; the most recent is presented first and the oldest is presented last). If there are no errors in the log, 0 displays on the single-character display. 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 9 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 Display Err Code Log Appendix B. Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions 73