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Function Code P: Enable Post Error Reporting, Function Code 0: Exit Maintenance Mode, Function Code

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To determine the error, locate 5 in Table 8 on page 55. The drive unloads the tape cartridge, exits maintenance mode, and displays the following message: Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty To clear the error, turn the power off, then on again. Function Code P: Enable Post Error Reporting When selected, deferred-check conditions are reported to the host. Therefore, temporary errors are reported in the sense data. This selection is normally used as a request from support personnel. This function is performed by pressing and holding the UNLOAD button for 3 seconds while the SCD is displaying P and when the drive is in Maintenance Mode. The SCD will change to U for 1.5 sec and then exit maintenance mode. Default is NOT enabled. Function Code U: Disable Post Error Reporting When selected, turns Post Error reporting off. Deferred-check conditions (temporary errors) are NOT reported to Host (normal mode of drive operation). This function is performed by pressing and holding the UNLOAD button for 3 seconds while the SCD is displaying U and when the drive is in Maintenance Mode. The SCD will change to P for 1.5 sec and then exit maintenance mode. Default is NOT enabled. Function Code 0: Exit Maintenance Mode Function Code 0 makes the 3580 Ultrium 2 Tape Drive available for reading and writing data. 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 0 appears in the single-character display. 5. Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds to take the 3580 Ultrium 2 Tape Drive out of maintenance mode. The solid amber status light turns off (indicating that the tape drive is no longer in maintenance mode) and the following message displays. Appendix B. Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions 81

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To determine the error, locate
5
in Table 8 on page 55. The drive unloads the
tape cartridge, exits maintenance mode, and displays the following message:
Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
To clear the error, turn the power off, then on again.
Function Code P: Enable Post Error Reporting
When selected, deferred-check conditions are reported to the host. Therefore,
temporary errors are reported in the sense data. This selection is normally used as
a request from support personnel. This function is performed by pressing and
holding the UNLOAD button for 3 seconds while the SCD is displaying
P
and
when the drive is in Maintenance Mode. The SCD will change to
U
for 1.5 sec and
then exit maintenance mode. Default is
NOT enabled
.
Function Code U: Disable Post Error Reporting
When selected, turns Post Error reporting off. Deferred-check conditions
(temporary errors) are NOT reported to Host (normal mode of drive operation).
This function is performed by pressing and holding the UNLOAD button for 3
seconds while the SCD is displaying
U
and when the drive is in Maintenance
Mode. The SCD will change to
P
for 1.5 sec and then exit maintenance mode.
Default is
NOT enabled
.
Function Code 0: Exit Maintenance Mode
Function Code
0
makes the 3580 Ultrium 2 Tape Drive available for reading and
writing data.
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
0
appears in the single-character
display.
5.
Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds to take the 3580
Ultrium 2 Tape Drive out of maintenance mode. The solid amber status light
turns off (indicating that the tape drive is no longer in maintenance mode) and
the following message displays.
Appendix B. Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions
81