Using The Disc Service Functions - HP 3563A Operating Manual

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Using the Disc Service Functions

U s i ng the Disc Service Functions
The disc service functions are intended for disc service technicians as well as advanced HP 3563A
operators who need to spare blocks on disc or tape. The run time error log and the hardware fault
logs are offered, as well as the read·only error rate test. Press DISC then DISC FCTN followed by
SERVCE FCTNS to display the following menu (Figure 1 1-5 shows the menu diagram for the DISC
hardkey):
R ESTOR
CATLOG
R O ERT
TEST
OUTPUT
LOG
NEXT
PAGE
CLEAR
LOGS
DISC
STATUS
SPARE
BLOCK
RETURN
When OUTPUT LOG in the SERVCE FCTNS menu is pressed, the following menu is displayed:
FAULT
LOG
ERT
LOG
RUN TM
LOG
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Restores the catalog if power was lost during a data transfer or the
catalog was somehow erased. See "Restoring Catalogs" following this
menu.
Clears the ERT log and starts the read-only error rate test (ERT). See
"The Error Rate Test" following this menu.
Displays the output log menu, which gives you access to the run time,
ERT or fault logs.
Displays the next page of the log displayed last. Page numbering in logs
is separate for each head in multihead discs, so keep pressing N EXT
PAGE until "LAST PAGE" is displayed in the log.
Clears the run time, ERT and fault logs. You should read and
appropriately act on any information in the logs before clearing them.
Retrieves the disc status display, which shows the last disc access error
that occurred since power -up. See "Disc Status" following this menu.
Allows you to spare blocks that have been confirmed bad. Blocks are
identified either with a I-vector address or a 3-vector
cylinder,head,sector address. Refer to "Sparing Blocks" later in this
chapter before attempting to spare blocks.
Redisplays the DISC FCTN menu.
Displays the hardware fault log. Refer to "The Fault Log" later in this
chapter.
Displays the ERT Log. Refer to "The Error Rate Test" following this
menu.
Displays the run time log. Refer to "The Run Time Log" later in this
chapter.