Ce Copy Dump To Tape Menu - IBM 3592 Maintenance Information

Cancel
Causes the CE Options menu to display.
Force Dump
Causes a dump to control-store DRAM to occur. The initiator can retrieve the data with a Read Buffer
command to the control store DRAM.
Attention: Do not use this option if an FID1 condition already caused a dump to be created.
For this case, the dump data of interest is lost if you run the Force Dump function. The dump
that is caused by using this option writes over an existing dump. Do not use Force Dump if the
bus is in a hung state; instead, use Force Error Dump.
Copy Dump to Tape
Copies the dump data to a cartridge. A menu prompts the CE to load a scratch tape.
Attention: Data on the tape can be overwritten. The CE Actions menus (Figure 50 on page 111
and Figure 51 on page 111) indicate the status of the copy to tape (either, successful copy or
unsuccessful copy).
Copy Dump to Flash
Copies dump data to flash memory. The flash dump icon
memory. Saving the dump to flash memory preserves the dump over power cycles. FID ED is reported
after POST when a dump is saved in flash memory (also see "Offloading the dump to flash memory"
on page 211).
Clear Flash Dump
Allows CE to clear the flash dump memory and the auto dump flash memory (also see "Clearing flash
dump memory" on page 211).
Force Error Dump
Causes a recovery procedure in which the microcode is reloaded. This option is used if a microcode-
hang condition exists (that is, the host cannot communicate with the drive and no hardware fault is
detected). When a hang condition exists, the host can attempt to request a microcode dump through a
port, but does not receive it from the drive. This option is also used if a microcode dump is needed and
the Force Dump option on this menu cannot provide a dump. The host is then able to successfully
request the dump information with the port, or the CE can use the Copy Dump to Tape option on this
menu.
Attention: Using this option causes an existing dump to be overwritten.

CE Copy Dump to Tape menu

Table 72 on page 114 shows the CE Copy Dump To Tape menu items.
Table 72: CE Copy Dump to Tape menu
Function
Cancel
Write Dump at BOT
Write Dump at EOD
Cancel
Allows CE to abort menu, and returns to "CE Dump menu" on page 113.
Write Dump at BOT
Writes dump to the Beginning of Tape.
Write Dump at EOD
Writes dump at the End of Data section of tape.
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"CE Options menu" on page 107
"Load Scratch Tape menu" on page 117
"Load Scratch Tape menu" on page 117
displays when a dump is available in flash