Table 44: Virtual Operator panel display - Menu, status, and message areas. Use with Figure 33 on page 79.
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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 specic 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 eld
• Not Loadable (AJAR)
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