Drive Maintenance Test - ADIC Scalar 24 Installation And Operation Manual

Scalar 24
Selection
Step 1 From the Tools menu, highlight
and press
Step 2 A status screen will display the
progress of the test. You can press
at any time to cancel the test.
Step 3 When the test is complete, a
completion message is displayed.
Press to dismiss.

Drive Maintenance Test

Drive Maintenance allows you to perform several different drive diagnostic tests.
To better understand these tests, you need to understand the format of the tape. The tape is divided
into 4 data sections. Each data section contains 96 tracks (96*4=384 tracks, the number of tracks
on a generation 1 cartridge). On each edge of the tape (2 servo bands), and between the databands
(3 servo bands), there are pre-formatted servo bands (5 in total). A wrap is defined as a trip from
logical BOT to logical EOT (a round trip would be 2 wraps).
Each test is described in more detail below.
Power on self test Runs self diagnostics. This test takes approximately 1 minute.
(POST)
Fast Read/Write The drive reads and writes two wraps worth of data (a trip down and back) in
each of the four data sections. Ten data patterns are used in this test. No more
than 1.5% of the tape is used. This test takes approximately 3 minutes.
Using the Menus
.
Description/Result
Runs self test.
The self test begins.
If the Self Test fails, there is probably
something obstructing motion of the picker.
Open the door and pull out the magazines to
verify that all the tapes are pushed into their
slots. Look for anything that appears to be
blocking the path of the picker. Retry the test.
If it still fails, contact technical support.
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