Chapter 13 — Drive Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Drives
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TS11x0 Technology MCD Codes
MCD Code Descriptions for TS11x0 Technology Drives Avarietyof
messagesthatindicatethecurrentdrivestatuscanbedisplayedonthe
drive’s8‐characterpanel.Inthecaseofanerror,aFailureIDmessageis
displayed.AFailureIDhastheformatFIDx yy,wherexindicatesthe
severityofthefailureandyyindicatestheerrorcode.Thefollowingtables
showsthestatuscodesforTS11x0technologydrives.Thetableonpage424
showstheFailureIDCodedescriptionsforthesedrives.
c, b, h, n,
or u
N/A Noerrorormessageassigned.TheremaybeaproblemwiththeSCD.Resetthe
driveanddeterminewhetherallsegmentsontheSCDarelit.
Iftheyarealllit,confirmthatthedriveisusingthecurrentfirmwareversion
(see
DeterminetheDriveGenerationandFirmwareVersiononpage 469)and
updatethefirmwareifnecessary.
Iftheproblempersists,contactSpectraLogicTechnicalSupport(see
ContactingSpectra Logiconpage7).
… N/A Themessagedisplaylostcommunicationwiththetapedrive.Thismessage
appearsonLine2ofthemessagedisplay.Thethreedotsmayoccasionally
displayduringnormalprocessing.
Code
DLM
Health
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Cause and Solution
Status Code Description
<blank> Thefollowingarepossiblereasonsforthedisplaytobeblank:
Thedriveisnotpoweredon
Thedriveisready
Thereisnostatus
Nocartridgeismounted
<all 8 elements
fully lit>
Thereset/power‐onprocessisinprogress.Thediagnostictestisverifyingthat
allelementsareworking.