Displays include service menus, device (or, drive) status, activities, error conditions, and data. Menus and messages display in English only. See Figure 33 on page 79 for the locations of the display areas on the service panel, and use Table 44 on page 79 for descriptions of these areas. The lower half of Figure 33 on page 79 depicts an example of display information.
Note: Use with Table 44 on page 79, and see “Virtual Operator panel indicators, icons, and message areas” on
Figure 33: Virtual Operator panel display - Menu, status, and message areas
Table 44: Virtual Operator panel display - Menu, status, and message areas. Use with Figure 33 on page 79.
Area Description
1 Drive Type and
Capability • Model E07 (standard), E07:e (encryption capable), E07:E (encryption enabled) (See
“Drive type and capability indicator” on page 82.)
• Model E08 (standard), E08:e (encryption capable), E08:E (encryption enabled) (See
“Drive type and capability indicator” on page 82.)
Table 44: Virtual Operator panel display - Menu, status, and message areas. Use with Figure 33 on page 79.
(continued) 2 Device (Drive)
Status • Empty: No tape cartridge is loaded.
• Cleaning…Left: nn: A cleaning cartridge is in the drive, and has 'nn' available cleaning uses remaining.
• Ready: A ready message is generated by the drive when it is ready and other, higher-priority messages do not apply. The ready indicator is displayed only when the transport is not moving tape. When ready or not ready, the state of the drive is the same to both Fibre Channel busses.
• Ready at load point: The media is at the beginning of tape and the drive is ready. Tape Not Loaded: Door Open sensor indicates partially loaded cartridge.
• Unloaded: Cartridge is unloaded.
• Loading: The cartridge is loaded into the drive.
• Locating: The drive is moving the tape to a specific location.
• Reading: The drive is reading data from the tape to the device buffer.
• Writing: The drive is writing data to the tape from the device buffer.
• Erasing: The drive is logically erasing data from the tape.
• Rewinding: The drive is rewinding the tape to the beginning of the logical volume.
• Unloading: The cartridge is being removed from the drive.
• Midtape recovery: Power cycle or reset that occurred while cartridge was loaded. The drive is slowly rewinding the tape and ejects the cartridge.
• Blank field
• Not Loadable (AJAR)
Table 44: Virtual Operator panel display - Menu, status, and message areas. Use with Figure 33 on page 79.
(continued) 3 and 4 , Supplemental
Messages Messages include
-PORT0 ID=02 14 26 L2 (for example)
PORT1 ID:aa bb cd ef (‘a, b, c, and d' can be in the range 0–F.).
= Indicates that a Hard Address is used.
: Indicates that a Soft Address is used.
• Portn ID=/:aa bb cd ef
Port0 ID:aa bb cd ef Port1 ID=aa bb cd ef where
aa = Fibre Domain Address or Switch ID (on some switches) bb = Fibre Area Address or Switch Port (on some switches) cd = Arbitrated Loop Physical Address or AL_PA
e = L for L-Port (Arbitrated Loop); N for N-Port (Fabric) f = : 1 for 1Gbps; 2 for 2Gbps; 4 for 4Gbps
• No connection (No light that is seen by drive).
Port0 ID:-- -- -- (Soft) Port1 ID=-- -- cd (Hard)
• Not communicating or did not establish a connection - but does indicate that the drive is seeing light.
Port0 ID:?? ?? ?? (Soft) Port1 ID=?? ?? cd (Hard)
• AL_PA is used by another device on the fibre loop.
Port 0 ID=cd CONFLICT
Note: This condition can be initiated by another device on the loop or with the offline menu. The panel can be used to return the drive online if it was bypassed by another device on the loop.
• Drive AL_PA is bypassed on the loop.
Port 0 ID=cd OFFLINE
Supplemental messages display in the two-line message area of the screens. These messages include general information, current drive activity, user feedback for control actions, and attention messages. For example, DIAGS RUNNING appears at 4 when the drive is running the internal diagnostic tests. If the drive is loading the microcode, LOADING CODE appears in this area.
5 Horizontal Bar
Indicators A graphic representation of the logical or physical progress of the drive. See “Horizontal bar indicators” on page 83.
Table 44: Virtual Operator panel display - Menu, status, and message areas. Use with Figure 33 on page 79.
(continued)
6 Status Icons Displays different icons that represent the status of the drive. See:
• “Clean icon” on page 83
• “Dump icons” on page 83
• “Write-protected icons” on page 84
7 Cursor (►) A symbol that moves when the up and down arrows are pressed. The item that is next to the cursor is chosen when Enter is pressed.
8 Up Arrow (▲) A symbol that is displayed when a menu choice is available above the viewing area.
9 Option When Enter is pressed, the item by the ► (cursor) is chosen.
If an item is dotted in a lighter font, such as UNLOAD DRIVE, that item is not available for use. If Enter is pressed, the item is highlighted temporarily but is not activated.
10 Down Arrow
(▼) A symbol that is displayed when a menu choice is available below the viewing area.
11 Media Data
Format The media data area discloses certain data cartridge characteristics. This area does not become active until a cartridge is Ready @ load point (see Item 2 in this table).
As many as 3 characters (such as, e7C) appear in this display area after a data cartridge is loaded. The character position in the string indicates the following cartridge information -First Character ('e' in this example)
Encryption designator: e=encryption encoded cartridge, (blank)=encryption non-encoded cartridge.
Second Character ('7' in this example)
Drive type for which cartridge is formatted: E07 Third Character ('C' in this example)
Cartridge types: C=JC, D=JD, E=JE, K=JK, L=JL, M=JM, V=JV, Y=JY, Z=JZ (see “3592 data tape cartridge” on page 25).
Notes:
• When a cleaning cartridge is loaded into the drive, this area displays one or two numeric characters. This number reflects the quantity of uses that remain on the cleaning cartridge (maximum=50).
Reset Started: This message appears in the upper-left corner of the display to indicate that a Reset is processing.