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Manufacturer................IBM

Machine Type and Model......3572-TL

Serial Number...............X2U78B0384

Device Specific.(FW)........4.09 (Firmware Level)

Description

TAPE DRIVE FAILURE

Probable Causes

TAPE DRIVE

Failure Causes

TAPE

TAPE DRIVE

Recommended Actions

PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES

Detail Data

aabb xxxx ccdd eeee eeee eeee eeee eeee ffgg hhxx ssss ssss ssss ssss ssss ....

aa Length of the Command Descriptor Block (CDB) sent by the host. In this case,

“0C” bytes.

bb SCSI target address. In this example, SCSI address “00”.

xx Unused or reserved.

cc Start of CDB, cc is the operation code (byte 0). In this case, “A5” which

was an “Move Medium”.

SENSE DATA

0C00 0000 A500 0000 100F 1010 0000 0000 0102 0000 7000 0400 0000 000A 0000 0000

818F 0000 BE00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000

0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000

0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000

Table 1. Library sense data example

Hex Description

A5 SCSI Command (in this case Move Medium).

70 Byte 0 of Library Sense Data (Valid Data).

04 Sense Key (in this case Hardware Error).

818F ASC/ASCQ (extra sense code/additional sense code qualiﬁer), in this case a “Cannot Find Slider Block” error.

SCSI sense data - tape drive error

The following example of SCSI Sense Data was received from a System p Open System host and shows a Tape Drive Failure and what the sense data would look like. Like

the SCSI sense data in the previous example, this data contains valid sense data as deﬁned by the hex “71” in the ﬁrst sense byte position. Therefore, there is valid data to

rely on. While the data shows a TAPE_ERR2, further review of the ASC/ASCQ (Media Load or Eject Failed) points more to a problem with the media or the drive. The fact

that a FID was listed ("86") deﬁnes the failure as "The drive detected a drive hardware or media fault". In this case, follow the FID to make a repair. For more information

about Sense Key and ASC/ASCQ ﬁelds, see the IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drive SCSI Reference.

LABEL: TAPE_ERR2

IDENTIFIER: 476B351D

Date/Time: Wed May 09 07:51:42 DFT

Sequence Number: 1669

Machine Id: 0046083B4C00

Node Id: risc4

Class: H

Type: PERM

Resource Name: rmt0 Resource Class: tape Resource Type: LTO

Location: P1.1-I3/Q1-W5003013D38321011-L0

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