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Dell Tl2000 Can't Clean

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User Guide - Page 8

... 7. SCSI Element Types, SCSI Addresses, and Physical Configurations A-1 2U Library I /O Slots, Storage Slots, and Drive Slots Element Addresses and Physical Locations . A-2 Library Partitioning and Element Addressing . . Accessibility H-1 Glossary I-1 Index X-1 vi Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide E-2 Appendix F. Error Codes 8-1 Chapter...
User Guide - Page 10

...: Upgrade Firmware page showing one Ultrium 3 SAS Half High V2 drive and one - Front view of library 10-21 10-22. partition system A-5 viii Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide Access holes for the right magazine 9-2 9-3. Configuration of the 2U library 9-3 9-4. Left magazine pulled out of a two - Shipping Lock and Label...
User Guide - Page 16

...'s power cord for proper fit. Laser Safety and Compliance Before using the library, review the following safety inspection procedure: 1. If drives are SCSI attached, check the tape drive's SCSI bus (signal) cable for a Class I limits. xiv Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide Performing the Safety Inspection Procedure Before you service the unit...
User Guide - Page 23

Product Description The DellPowerVaultTL2000 Tape Library (2U library) and the Dell PowerVault TL4000 Tape Library (4U library) provide compact, high-capacity, low-cost solutions for simple, unattended data backup. Front Panel 3 1 2 3 a77ug239 8 46 7 Figure 1-1. The 4U library houses up to 24 tape cartridges (or 23 and an elective 1-slot I /O Station) in a compact 2U ...
User Guide - Page 24

... 7 4 5 Figure 1-2. It is illuminated any time the unit is displayed at a normal operating temperature. 1-2 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide It should blink whenever there is library or drive activity, or when the library is in Figure 1-2. v Clean Drive (Amber LED) - v Attention (Amber LED) - v Error (Amber LED) - A message is powered ON and able...
User Guide - Page 28

... on page 5-47 for activation instructions. 1-6 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide Upgrade the library and drive firmware to "Configure Library: Encryption" on page 5-47 for Redundancy) of the library accessor. Please refer to Chapter 2 (Multiple Key Managers for information on the tape cartridge. Library firmware supports a 6 or 8 character...
User Guide - Page 30

...drive count, cartridge slot count, and I /O accessed, hard fault information, drive cleaning requests, excessive retries and library returning to Appendix G. v Drive Status such as follows: Table 1-3. dual port Ultrium 4 Full Height drives... 75.2 TB (2:1 compression) 1-8 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide v Library State (physical device status) such ...
User Guide - Page 32

... matching to dynamically adjust its native (uncompressed) data rate to the slower data rate of the Ultrium 3, Ultrium 4, and Ultrium 5 Tape Drives customizes each read/write data channel for variations in the recording channel transfer function, media characteristics, and read/write head characteristics. 1-10 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide a77ug202
User Guide - Page 116

...storage slots. v Remove DCS - v Host Label Length - This is 8, but 6 can be met: - This cleaning cartridge is used . A cleaning cartridge (CLNxxxLx) must be utilized as part of the tape drives and the cleaning tape would be chosen. 5-22 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide v I /O Station(s) can be enabled (the default), or disabled so the stations can...
User Guide - Page 151

... user to ensure that do not require a cleaning are labeled with other versions of firmware. a77ug079 Note: Configuration files saved with one version of library firmware may not be compatible with No Cleaning Required. It is up to the operator to manually clean the tape drive. Figure 5-50. Drives that it is inserted into the USB connector...
User Guide - Page 152

...cartridge in a reserved slot, the library will automatically load the drive with a cleaning cartridge. No Cleaning Cartridge in Library Note: If the library is configured for Auto Clean, and a cleaning cartridge is turned OFF and Internet 5-58 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide If Auto Clean is enabled and a cleaning cartridge is for Service Personnel Only...
User Guide - Page 164

... itself determines when a head needs to be ordered with the labels included or with the Ultrium Tape Drives Cartridges VOLSER Ultrium 5 Data Cartridge xxxxxxL5 6-4 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide When the cleaning is a data cartridge or cleaning cartridge. Bar Code Label A bar code label contains: v A volume serial number (VOLSER) that is human...
User Guide - Page 173

... LED OFF. v If the problem still exists, contact technical support. HH to FH or FH to change is suspected of humidity than the library. Continue cleaning the tape drive as drives being used, particularly if it has been stored at least 24 hours before being swapped with different form factors (i.e. Power Supply or Fan Issues...
User Guide - Page 174

...drive. Ensure that both the library and drive firmware are at the physical end of your library model (see "Write-Protect Switch" on page 5-57. 7-4 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library...good cartridge. 8. Clean the drive. To release the magazines using the Operator Control Panel, navigate to complete all operations. See "Service Library: Clean Drive" on page 6-6)....
User Guide - Page 180

... only an approved cleaning cartridge (see "Isolating Web User Interface Problems" on page 6-1. LCC failed or in the library, tighten the thumb screws, and turn library power ON. 4. normal operation v LED flashing (slower than once per second) - Observe the LED on page 5-60 7-10 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide v If the drive test fails, replace...
User Guide - Page 194

...downgrading because of incompatible network stack firmware. 5D Illegal request, wrong drive FW for problem 4E SCSI: invalid slave robotic controller determination information....Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide not be performed 2. Verify that autoclean is not write protected. 67 Medium error, incompatible medium for an expired cleaning...
User Guide - Page 226

... back. In older 4U libraries where the Dedicated Cleaning Slot (DCS) is deleted, you want to delete DCS is slot 44 instead of 4U library⇒ A-2 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide In 4U libraries with a DCS, the information shown in the 4U library containing only two drive sleds. Once the DCS is in library firmware greater than 1.95...
User Guide - Page 236

... when the drive detects that the externally supplied voltages are either approaching the specified voltage limits or are outside the voltage limits. 38 Predictive failure of Set when a hardware failure of life. Download the FMR image again. 37 Drive voltage Set when the drive detects that it Clean the tape drive. B-4 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User...
User Guide - Page 246

...would have been changed by the drive 30 02 - Cleaning Cartridge Installed - Cleaning Failure - Data could not ...drive can not process commands 3F 01 - A command has failed and left the logical position at the start of medium 3D 00 - Overwrite is a suspicious WORM cartridge. 31 00 - The firmware in an overwrite. C-8 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library...
User Guide - Page 266

... the library in which data is used to increase the data transfer rate between a channel path and a drive caused when a unit check occurs during an I -2 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's...while the rest of a laser. channel command. Character. Check. cleaning cartridge. A tape cartridge that are treated as characters or analog quantities to shorten the ...

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