Slot-To-Slot Test; Library Verify Test; Operations During The Library Health Check (Lhc) - Overland Tandberg NEO S Series Service Manual

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Slot-to-Slot Test

The Slot-to-Slot test shuffles the tapes between the slots to exercise the robotic. At the end of
the test the tapes are not returned to their original slots.
To run the Slot-to-Slot test, navigate with RMI or OCP:
• RMI screen: Service > General Diagnostic > Slot to Slot
• OCP screen: Main Menu > Service > Service Library > Run Tests > Slot to Slot Test

Library Verify Test

NOTE: The library will remove any tape from the tape drives and go offline when running the test.
The Library verify test is a diagnostic routine called Library Health Check (LHC).
This routine allows:
• to functionally test all library and drive hardware with the exception of external
interfaces (SCSI).
• to verify a newly installed machine.
• to verify repair actions.
To run Library verify test, navigate with OCP:
OCP screen: Main Menu > Service > Service Library > Library Verify

Operations During the Library Health Check (LHC)

1. The user starts the test from the master library OCP. The administrator password is
required. The test requires user interaction and can only be run from the OCP.
2. The master library performs a self-test, verifies that it can communicate with the tape
drives and the library extender, and then the lower library performs a self-test.
3. The library returns any tapes from the tape drives to their home slots. If the home slot
for a tape is unknown, the library will move the tape to the mail slot and prompt the
user to remove it.
4. The library prompts the user to enter the number of cycles to run the test. The library
runs up to 10 cycles.
5. The library opens the mail slot in the extended library, which will generally be in the
lower library, and prompts the user to insert a scratch tape.
6. The user inserts a scratch tape into the lowest-numbered mail slot. If no mail slots are
enabled or the user closes the mail slot without inserting a tape into the lowest-
numbered mail slot, the library will perform a shortened version of the test, skipping
Step
7. The library loads the scratch tape into the first tape drive, unloads the scratch tape from
the tape drive, and returns the scratch tape to the mail slot. If the user selected to test
all of the tape drives, the library will load the scratch tape into each tape drive before
returning it to the mail slot.
8. The library moves the tape from the four top-row corner slots of both libraries to the tape
drive load point and then returns the tape to its slot. If none of the top-row corner slot
positions of either library contains a tape, the test stops and the library displays an error
message.
10400666-005
Verify that any applications using the library have completed before starting the test.
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