Table 13. TapeAlert flags supported by the Ultrium Tape Drive (continued)
Flag
Number Flag SNMP Trap Description Action Required
10 No removal No Set when the tape drive receives
an UNLOAD command after the
server prevented the tape
cartridge from being removed.
Refer to the documentation for
your server operating system.
11 Cleaning media No Set when you load a cleaning
cartridge into the drive.
No action required.
12 Unsupported
format
No Set when you load an
unsupported cartridge type into
the drive or when the cartridge
format has been corrupted.
Use a supported tape cartridge.
14 Unrecoverable
snapped tape
Yes Set when the operation failed
because the tape in the drive
snapped.
Do not attempt to extract the
old tape cartridge. Call the tape
drive supplier help line.
15 Cartridge memory
chip failure
Yes Set when a cartridge memory
(CM) failure is detected on the
loaded tape cartridge.
Replace the tape cartridge.
16 Forced eject No 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
No 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 No Set when the tape drive detects
that it needs cleaning.
Clean the tape drive.
21 Clean periodic No 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.
22 Expired clean Yes Set when the tape drive detects a
cleaning cartridge that has
expired.
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
23 Invalid cleaning
tape
Yes 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 Yes Set when a hardware failure
occurs that requires that you
reset the tape drive to recover.
Contact Technical Support.
31 Hardware B Yes Set when the tape drive fails its
internal Power-On Self Tests.
Note the error code on the
single-character display, then
contact Technical Support.
32 Interface Yes Set when the tape drive detects a
problem with the SCSI, Fibre
Channel, or RS-422 interface.
Contact Technical Support.
33 Eject media Yes Set when a failure occurs that
requires you to unload the
cartridge from the drive.
Unload the tape cartridge, then
reinsert it and restart the
operation.
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