Scsi Sense Data - Drive Error; Aix Errpt Library Error Log Example; Aix Errpt Library Sense Data - IBM TS3100 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

consult your "IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library and TS3200 Tape Library
SCSI Reference" document.
LABEL: TAPE_ERR2
IDENTIFIER: 476B351D
Date/Time: Fri May 04 42:26 DFT
Sequence Number: 1665
Machine ID: 0046083B4C00
Node ID: risc4
Error Class: H
Error Type: PERM
Resource Name: smc0
Resource Class: tape
Resource Type: 3573
Location: P1.1-I3/Q1-W5003013D38321011-L1000000000000
VPD:
Manufacturer................IBM
Machine Type and Model......3573-TL
Serial Number...............X2U78B0384
Device Specific . (FW) .....4.09
Description
TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
Probable Causes
TAPE DRIVE
Failure Causes
TAPE
TAPE DRIVE
Recommended Actions
PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES
Detail Data
aabb xxxx ccdd eeee eeee eeee eeee eeee ffgg hhxx ssss ssss ssss ssss ssss ...
aa Length of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) sent by the host. In this case, '0C' bytes.
bb SCSI target address. In this example, SCSI address '00'.
xx Unused or reserved
cc Start of CDB, cc is the operation code (byte 0). In this case, 'A5' which was a "Move Medium".
SENSE DATA
0C00 0000 A500 0000 100F 1010 0000 0000 0102 0000 7000 0400 0000 000A 0000 0000
818F 0000 BE00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
Figure E-1. AIX ERRPT Library Error Log Example
Table E-1. AIX ERRPT Library Sense Data
Hex
A5 SCSI Command (in this case Move Medium)
70 Byte 0 of Library Sense Data (Valid Data)
04 Sense Key (in this case Hardware Error)
818F ASC/ASCQ (additional sense code/additional sense code qualifier), in this case a "Cannot Find
Slider Block" error.

SCSI Sense Data - Drive Error

The following example of SCSI Sense Data was received from a RS/6000 Open
System host and shows a Tape Drive Failure and what the sense data would look
like. Like the SCSI Sense Data in Example 1, this Sense Data example contains
(Firmware Level)
Description
Appendix E. Message Retrieval at the Host
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