User`s guide

Chapter 3 Basic Library Operations
Status
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Status
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The
STATUS?
option displays tape drive and magazine slot status.
When the system is powered on, it conducts a power-on self-test
(POST). Upon completion of the POST, the drives and the library are
initialized.
At this time, the main menu
STATUS?
options are described as
“Library” options. The OCP buttons are not active during
initialization. The following messages are displayed:
• Library
INIT
• Library Active
• Library Idle
If either status message,
Library
INIT
or
Library Active
,
appears on the LCD, the library is in the process of completing an
activity. Wait until
Library Idle
, appears before entering any
commands.
Press Next to obtain status.
Note that the
STATUS?
option gives status information only and there
are no commands to be issued; therefore the Enter button is not
functional.
Table 5 lists possible
STATUS?
options and their respective messages.
Table 5 Status Options
Option Description Messages Notes
Slot
Status
Displays status of all
magazine slots
Cartridge Status:
Box Filled = cartridge
present
0
= cartridge in drive 0
-
= empty slot (dash)
M
= missing
T
= in transit (cartridge in
elevator)
The physical locations are labeled
as Slots 1 through 8.