Determining The Status Of An Re Controller Card; Initiating A Manual Re Switch Using Slc; Clearing Library Status Alerts - Oracle StorageTek SL3000 Manual

Determining the Status of an RE Controller Card

Each monitor window indicates the status of the move:
3.
Status Indicators
Spooling Status — whether the move output is being saved to a file
State — execution state of the move
Health — health state of the move
Completed moves — number of moves completed
Use the File menu in each Monitor window to start/stop/pause the sequence,
4.
clear the output window, or start/stop spooling.
Determining the Status of an RE Controller Card
Controller card status is indicated by LEDs on the card and displayed in SLC (see
"Viewing Device Status and Properties"
card to troubleshoot issues with the library.
The LEDs and meanings are the same on both card types (HBC and HBT).
Controller Card LED
ACTIVE - Green
STANDBY - Amber
FAULT - Red
EJECT OK - Blue

Initiating a Manual RE Switch Using SLC

You can also initiate a switching using host software or CLI (see
Manual Failover"
This procedure is not available at the local operator panel.
Verify the device state of the card indicates "switch is possible" (see
1.
Device Status and Properties"
In SLC, select Tools > Diagnostics.
2.
Select the Redundant Electronics folder.
3.
Click Apply to begin the switch process. If there is a problem with the standby
4.
library and drive controller cards, you are not allowed to continue with the switch.
If there are no errors, click Yes.
5.
Click OK to log off the SLC.
6.
Wait until the switch is complete before logging back into the library. You must
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specify the IP address or DNS alias of the new active controller.

Clearing Library Status Alerts

You can only clear alerts marked as "Clearable" and only if service is active on the
library.
17-6 StorageTek SL3000 Library Guide
on page 14-2). You can use the status of the
Definition
Card is functioning as the active and is running active code.
Card is functioning as the standby and is running standby code.
Card has experienced a serious error.
Support representative can safely initiate a card eject.
on page B-3).
on page 14-2).
Valid Values
True, False
Running, pausing, paused,
stopping, stopped
OK, warning, error
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