Dell PowerVault LTO-5-140 Storage User Manual page 40

and exits maintenance mode.
Function Code J - Fast Read/Write Test
Approximate Run Time = 5 minutes
Total Number of Loops = 10
Function Code performs tests to ensure that the drive can read from and write to tape.
The diagnostic loops ten times. Press the eject button to stop the diagnostic and exit maintenance mode. Pressing the eject button once will abort the test at the end
of the current test loop. Pressing the eject button twice will abort the test immediately.
Attention: For this test, insert only a scratch (blank) data cartridge or a cartridge that may be overwritten. During the test, the drive overwrites the data on the
cartridge.
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
4. Press and hold the eject button for three or more seconds, then release it to select the function. The single-character display changes to a flashing
5. Within 60 seconds, insert a scratch data cartridge that is not write-protected.
NOTE: If you wait longer than 60 seconds to load a cartridge, the drive will automatically exit maintenance mode. If you insert a write-
protected cartridge, the tape drive will display a
removed, the tape drive will exit maintenance mode.
After you insert the cartridge, the single-character display changes to a flashing , and the tape drive runs the tests.
Note: If you inserted an invalid cartridge, error code
ejected. Once ejected, the tape drive exits maintenance mode.
If no error is detected, the test will loop and begin again. To stop the loop, press the eject button for one second and release. When the loop ends, the
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drive rewinds, unloads the tape, and exits maintenance mode.
If an error is detected, the fault LED flashes amber, the tape drive posts and error code to the single-character display. To determine the error, locate
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the code in "Descriptions and Corrective
Function Code L — Load/Unload Test
Approximate Run Time = 15 seconds per loop
Total Number of Loops = 10
Function Code tests the drive's ability to load and unload a tape cartridge.
The diagnostic loops ten times. To stop the diagnostic and exit maintenance mode, press the eject button once to abort the test.
Attention: Even though no data is written during this test, it is recommended that you use a blank (scratch) cartridge for this test.
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
reappears.
4. Press and hold the eject button for three or more seconds, then release it to select the function. The single-character display changes to a flashing
5. Within 60 seconds, insert a scratch data cartridge that is not write-protected.
NOTE: If you wait longer than 60 seconds to load a cartridge, the drive will automatically exit maintenance mode. If you insert a write-
protected cartridge, the tape drive will display a
removed, the tape drive will exit maintenance mode.
After you insert the cartridge, the single-character display changes to a flashing
If no error is detected, the test will loop and begin again. To stop the loop, press the eject button for one second and release. When the loop ends,
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temporarily appears in the single-character display. The drive rewinds the tape and unloads the cartridge. The drive then exits maintenance mode.
If an error is detected the test stops,
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Actions". The drive unloads the tape cartridge and exits maintenance mode. To clear the error, turn the tape drive power off, then on again.
Function Code P or U — RESERVED (Service Function)
appears in the single-character display. If you cycle past , continue to press the eject button until it reappears.
and retain the cartridge until it is manually ejected. Once the cartridge is ejected and
appears in the single-character display. The tape drive retains the cartridge until it is manually
Actions". Once the cartridge is manually ejected and removed, the tape drive exits maintenance mode.
appears in the single-character display. If you cycle past
and retain the cartridge until it is manually ejected. Once the cartridge is ejected and
appears in the single-character display. To determine the error, locate
, continue to press the eject button until it
. The tape drive runs the tests.
.
.
in "Descriptions and Corrective