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Clean Indicator Error
When the amber-colored Clean indicator is on, you must clean the 9840 Tape
Drive. The Clean indicator signifies that particular tape errors occurred or a
specific length of tape passed through the tape path.
For information about cleaning the 9840 Tape Drive, see
Chapter 3, "Operator Tasks."
Operator Panel Messages
The operator display on the 9840 Tape Drive operator panel displays the names
of menus, sub-menus, and choices. It also displays status and error messages
Table 5-2. Operator Display Messages
Display
Probable Cause
* (asterisk)
A steady asterisk indicates that
drive is online but a cartridge is
not loaded.
Diagnostics are running during a
ASIA Diags
normal IPL.
During boot, a section of memory
Bank n Bad
was found bad.
The IPL failed.
Boot Fail
A sequence of switches took you
BT Monitor
to an Engineering area.
Diagnostics are running during a
CC Diags
normal IPL.
An operational failure occurred;
Chk (FSC)
the 9840 Tape Drive automatically
performs an IPL.
Cleaning tape was inserted and
Cleaning
(*Cleaning*)
drive is now in process of
cleaning.
cnhndnsn
Hardware revision level
supported by the firmware in this
drive.
95739
Recommended Action
Operator discretion
No user action is necessary.
Perform an IPL.
If the problem persists, contact
authorized service personnel.
Perform an IPL.
If the problem persists, contact
authorized service personnel.
IPL to clear.
No user action is necessary.
Wait for the IPL to complete and retry
the operation.
If the problem persists, contact
authorized service personnel.
No user action is necessary.
This message occurs when firmware
level is insufficient to control the
hardware level in the drive: call for
service.
Ninth Edition
Clean Indicator Error
"Cleaning a Drive"
in
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