Sim/Mim Severity; Sense Keys, Asc, And Ascq Information; Sense Key 0 (No Sense); Sim/Mim Service Messages And Descriptions - IBM 3592 Maintenance Information

Table 29: SIM/MIM service messages and descriptions
Service Service Description
message message
Hex ASCII
30 0 Reserved
31 1 Repair impact is unknown
32-36 2-6 Reserved
37 7 Repair disables access to device
38 8 Repair disables message display IDs on device
39 9 Device cleaning is required
41 A Device cleaning complete
42 B Device cleaning for performance reasons is required
43-46 C-F Reserved

SIM/MIM severity

Table 30 on page 47 provides descriptions of SIM/MIM severity for your information. You can acquire
action information by using the Message code that is contained in the reported SIM/MIM.
Table 30: SIM/MIM severity descriptions
SIM/MI SIM/MI
M M severity
severity severity Algorith
HEX ASCII
33 3 4–3 = 1
32 2 4–2 = 2
31 1 4–1 = 3
30 0 4–0 = 4

Sense Keys, ASC, and ASCQ information

The following Sense Key tables list Additional Sense Codes (ASC) and Additional Sense Code Qualifiers
(ASCQ) that can be reported by the 3592. See IBM Tape Drive 3592 SCSI Reference (GA32-0968) for
information.

Sense Key 0 (No Sense)

Table 31: ASC, and ASCQ summary for Sense Key 0 (No Sense)
ASC ASCQ Description
00 00 No additional sense information - EOM
00 00 No additional sense information - ILI
FID FID severity
that is
displayed on
m service panel
1
2
3
4
Description
Acute: Device requires immediate attention. Device is
unusable
Serious: Device is usable, but is seriously degraded
Moderate: Device is usable, but is running degraded
Service: Device needs maintenance, but is usable
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