Function Code F: Write Performance Test - IBM TS3310 Maintenance Information

Note: If you inserted an invalid tape cartridge (e.g. Gen 1, WORM media, or
1. Place the drive in Maintenance Mode. For instructions, see "Entering
2. Press the Unload Button once per second until
3. Press and hold the Unload Button for three or more seconds, then release it to
4. Ensure that the write-protect switch on the suspect cartridge is off, then insert

Function Code F: Write Performance Test

Approximate Run Time = 5 minutes
Total Number of Loops = 10
Function Code
to tape.
Press the Unload Button to stop the diagnostic and exit maintenance mode.
Pressing the Unload Button once will abort the test at the end of the current test
loop. Pressing the Unload Button twice will abort the test immediately. Wait for the
drive to rewind the tape and unload the cartridge.
Attention: For this test, insert only a scratch (blank) data cartridge or a cartridge
that may be overwritten. During the test, the drive overwrites the data on the
cartridge.
Note: If you inserted an invalid tape cartridge (e.g. Gen 1, WORM media, or
D-36
TS3310 Tape Library Maintenance Information
non-FMR cartridge), error code
status light flashes. If you inserted a write-protected cartridge, or the media
has read-only compatibility (e.g., Gen2 media), error code
SCD. Press the Unload Button. The tape drive unloads the cartridge and
exits Maintenance Mode after the cartridge is removed.
Maintenance Mode" on page D-27.
cycle past the desired code, press the Unload Button once per second until the
code reappears.)
select the function. The SCD changes to a flashing
the cartridge (or the tape drive exits maintenance mode). The SCD changes to
E
. The tape drive runs the tests.
v If no error is detected, the diagnostic will exit Maintenance Mode,
temporarily appears in the SCD, and the drive returns to Operational Mode
(SCD blank, Green Ready/Activity status light ON, and the Amber Fault
status light is OFF)
v If an error is detected, the Fault status light flashes amber and the drive
posts an error code to the SCD. To determine the error, locate the code in
"Drive Error Codes" on page D-41. To clear the error either turn the power
off and then on again, or reboot the drive by pressing and holding the
Unload Button for 10 seconds.
F
performs tests to ensure that the drive can read from and write
non-FMR cartridge), error code
status light flashes. If you inserted a write-protected cartridge, or the media
7
appears in the SCD and the amber Fault
E
appears in the SCD. (If you
C
.
7
appears in the SCD and the amber Fault
P
appears in the
0