Dell PowerVault LTO8 User Manual page 41

Table 5. Diagnostic and Maintenance Function Codes and Descriptions (continued)
Function Code E - Test Cartridge & Media
Causes the tape drive to perform a Write/Read test (on the edge bands) to ensure that a suspect cartridge and its
magnetic tape are acceptable. The tape drive takes approximately 15 minutes to run one loop of the test. The test
loops ten times before completing.
v If no error is detected, the test begins again and runs for a maximum of ten times. After the tenth loop, the test
stops and the drive automatically exits maintenance mode.
v If an error is detected, the tape drive displays
manually ejected and removed, the tape drive exits maintenance mode.
v To halt the diagnostic at the end of the current 15 minute test loop, press the eject button once. The drive
acknowledges the request by slowing the length of time that the currently displayed character flashes on the
single-character display (from twice per second to once per second). The diagnostic continues to the end of its
loop and then stops. The tape drive then rewinds, unloads the cartridge, and exits maintenance mode.
v To halt the diagnostic immediately and terminate the test that is running, press the eject button twice. The tape
drive rewinds, unloads the cartridge, and exits maintenance mode.
Attention: Data on the suspect tape will be overwritten.
Note: If you inserted an invalid tape cartridge, (see "Loading, Unloading, and Write-Protecting Cartridges" on page
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18), error code or
read-only compatibility, (see "Loading, Unloading, and Write-Protecting Cartridges" on page 18), error code
displays in the SCD. In either case, the tape drive unloads the cartridge and exits Maintenance mode after the
cartridge is removed.
1. Ensure that there is no cartridge in the drive.
2. Press the eject button three times within an interval of 2 seconds. The fault LED becomes solid amber, which
means that the drive is in maintenance mode.
3. Press the eject button once per second until
continue to press the eject button until it reappears.
4. To select the function, press and hold the eject button for 3 seconds. After you select the function,
C
When flashes, the drive is waiting for a cartridge. Within 60 seconds, insert the suspect data cartridge (or
the tape drive exits maintenance mode). After you insert the cartridge,
v If no error is detected, the test begins again and runs for a maximum of ten times. After the tenth loop, the
test stops and the drive automatically exits maintenance mode. To halt the test, press the eject button. The
tape drive then rewinds and unloads the cartridge, displays
v If an error is detected, the tape drive displays
removed, the tape drive exits maintenance mode.
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displays in the SCD. If you inserted a write-protected cartridge, or the media has
E
7
or in the single-character display. Once the cartridge is
appears in the single-character display. If you cycle past
E
0
, and exits maintenance mode.
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or . Once the cartridge is manually ejected and
C
flashes and the test begins.
Troubleshooting
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E
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flashes.
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