9710 (StorageTek) Addendum for NonStop Servers

Addendum to the StorageTek 9710 for the Tandem Environment

System Test

1. Turn on power to 9710 ACS Tape Cartridge Silo Subsystem tape drive.

2. Wait for initialization completion.

3. Insert a known good tape cartridge by loading it through the CAP

(Cartridge Access Port).

Load Function

Stage What Happens

1 The robot and the hand move to the selected slot, as

indicated by the request.

2 The cartridge is then removed from the slot and by the

robot hand placed in the drive.

3 The robot hand moves to the drive position and inserts the

cartridge into the drive.

4 The lights remain off until the tape loads to the BOT.

After the cartridge is loaded into the drive.

4. Complete tests via Compaq TMDS Quick Tape Test software. The

9710ACS Tape Cartridge Silo Subsystem’s drives respond to TMDS as

a T16/5190 tape drive.

5. If the 9710 ACS Tape Cartridge Silo Subsystem fails TMDS Quick

Tape Test inspect the tape controller (MFC, 3216) that the unit(s) is

attached to. The tables following have symptoms and corrective

actions.