Troubleshoot Lto Tape Drives - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T50e User Manual

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LTO tape drives have an LED and a single-character display (SCD) which
provide information about the tape drive's operational status; however,
these LEDs are not visible when the tape drive is operating inside the
library.
If you think that a tape drive may be faulty, follow these steps:
1. Display the Drive Details screen for the tape drive you suspect is
2. Refer to the following table to interpret the information on the Drive
3. If the tape drive is in an error state, contact SpectraGuard Technical
Detail Field
Status
December 2008
SCSI bus termination. If you experience sporadic errors and are using
direct-attach SCSI tape drives, make sure that the SCSI bus connected to
each tape drive is properly terminated at both ends.
LTO-3: If one of the LTO-3 tape drives in the library terminates the
SCSI bus, you must install a wide Ultra 3 Active SCSI terminator
either on the tape drive's SCSI connector or on the bus expansion
module.
If there are additional devices on the SCSI bus, make sure that only the
devices at the two physical ends of the bus are terminated.
LTO-4: Connect a wide Ultra 3 Active SCSI terminator to the second
SCSI connector on the tape drive (do not daisy-chain LTO-4 SCSI
tape drives).
If the SCSI bus is not properly terminated you may experience one or
more of the following failure symptoms:
Read/Write failure
Bus hangs
Connectivity issues—tape drive is not seen on bus or drops off bus
Command failures—commands to a tape drive may fail while
commands to other devices on the bus may work properly
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having problems (see
Details screen.
Support (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page
Description
Indicates whether the tape drive status is normal or in an error state.
Normal: the library is functioning in a normal state.
Impaired: The library has encountered an error. System messages should
guide you through the appropriate steps to take while working with
technical support.
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