Connecting And Disconnecting Laptop From; Drive Ethernet Port Led Indications - IBM System Storage TS3400 Tape Library Maintenance Information

Connecting and Disconnecting Laptop From Drive (E06 Only)
You must perform this procedure before you attempt to perform other Ethernet
procedures. Use this procedure to connect your laptop to a drive by using the
Ethernet port.
1. Prepare the tape drive for service.
2. Insert an Ethernet (patch) cable into the Ethernet port on the back of the drive by
3. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your laptop.
Table 8-2. Drive Ethernet Port LED Indications (Model E06 Only)
Left (Yellow)
Right (Green)
Notes:
1. The yellow LED is located to the lower left of the drive Ethernet port, the green LED is
2. Both ends of the Ethernet patch cable must be connected to allow you to use the LEDs to
4. Create or change a local network connection on your laptop with the following
5. Open a DOS command prompt screen on your laptop. You may need to change
6. Type ftp 169.254.0.3 to establish the communication connection to the drive and
7. At the user prompt, type ce and press Enter. You will see "User name OK. need
8. Type serv1ce for the password. Use the numeral "1" in place of the letter "i" in
9. When the login is complete, the FTP prompt displays. Type bin to set the
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reaching under the drive handle and lifting the latch 90 degrees from the locked
position. Do not rotate the latch beyond 90 degrees or pull the drive out of
position from the drive canister.
Note the state of the LEDs on each side of the Ethernet port. Table 8-2 describes
the various LED conditions.
Ethernet Port LED Location and Color
located to the lower right.
analyze the drive condition.
TCP/IP settings:
• IP address: 169.254.0.2
• Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
• Default gateway: 169.254.0.1
to a directory where the microcode image is stored or where you want to store a
dump.
to open an FTP session. You will see a screen that provides you with the drive
type, model number, serial number, and microcode level.
password."
this entry.
communication mode to binary.
Note: If an error message displays, verify that your command was typed
without any errors. If the command was typed correctly but resulted in an
error message, this could indicate a patch cable problem or a laptop
configuration problem. Contact your next level of support.
Indication and Related Condition
• ON = Good Ethernet port connection
• OFF = No Ethernet port connection
• Flashing = Only during Ethernet port activity
• OFF = No current Ethernet port activity