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TapeAlert Flags Supported by the Ultrium Internal Tape Drive
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Number
Flag Description Action Required
15 Cartridge memory chip
failure
Set when a cartridge memory (CM)
failure is detected on the loaded tape
cartridge.
Replace the cartridge. If this error
occurs on multiple tapes, see error
code 6 in Table 12 on page 53.
16 Forced eject Set when you manually unload the
tape cartridge while the drive was
reading or writing.
No action required.
18 Tape directory corrupted
in the cartridge memory
Set when the drive detects that the
tape directory in the cartridge
memory has been corrupted.
Re-read all data from the tape to
rebuild the tape directory.
20 Clean now Set when the tape drive detects that
it needs cleaning.
Clean the tape drive. See “Cleaning
the Drive Head” on page 27.
21 Clean periodic Set when the drive detects that it
needs routine cleaning.
Clean the tape drive as soon as
possible. The drive can continue to
operate, but you should clean the
drive soon. See “Cleaning the Drive
Head” on page 27.
22 Expired clean Set when the tape drive detects a
cleaning cartridge that has expired.
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
23 Invalid cleaning tape Set when the drive expects a
cleaning cartridge and the loaded
cartridge is not a cleaning cartridge.
Use a valid cleaning cartridge.
30 Hardware A Set when a hardware failure occurs
which requires that you reset the
tape drive to recover.
If resetting the drive does not recover
the error, use the error code from the
single-character display, library user
interface, or SCSI drive sense data.
See Table 12 on page 53.
31 Hardware B Set when the tape drive fails its
internal self tests.
Use the error code on the
single-character display, library user
interface, or SCSI drive sense data.
See Table 12 on page 53.
32 Interface Set when the tape drive detects a
problem with the SCSI, Fibre
Channel, or RS-422 interface.
Locate error code 8 or 9 in Table 12
on page 53.
33 Eject media Set when a failure occurs that
requires you to unload the cartridge
from the drive.
Unload and reload the tape cartridge.
34 Download fail Set when an FMR image is
unsuccessfully downloaded to the
tape drive via the SCSI or Fibre
Channel interface.
Ensure that it is the correct image.
Download the FMR image again.
36 Drive temperature Set when the drive’s temperature
sensor indicates that the drive’s
temperature is exceeding the
recommended temperature of the
enclosure (see Table 2 on page 7).
See error code 1 in Table 12 on
page 53.
84 IBM Ultrium Internal Tape Drive
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