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Table C-4. Ultrium Tape drive sense data - Bytes 12 and 13 (continued)
Byte 12 ASC
Byte 13 ASCQ
Description
30
0D
Medium Error - WORM integrity check. The drive rejected a Read or Write
operation because the cartridge is a suspicious WORM cartridge.
31
00
Media format corrupted - Data could not be read because the format on tape is not
valid, but is a known format. A failure occurred attempting to write the FID.
37
00
Rounded parameter - A Mode Select command parameter has been rounded
because the drive can not store it with the accuracy of the command.
3A
00
Media Not Present - A media access command has been received when there is no
cartridge loaded.
3B
00
Sequential Positioning Error - A command has failed and left the logical position at
an unexpected location.
3D
00
Invalid bits in identify Message - An illegal Identify Message has been received at
the drive at the start of a command.
3E
00
Logical Unit has not Self-Configured - The drive has just powered on and has not
completed its self test sequence and can not process commands.
3F
01
Code Download - The firmware in the drive has just been changed by a Write
Buffer command.
40
xx
Diagnostic failure - A diagnostic test has failed. The xx (ASCQ) is a vendor specific
code indicating the failing component.
43
00
Message Error - A message could not be sent or received due to excessive
transmission errors.
44
00
Internal target failure - A hardware failure has been detected in the drive that has
caused the command to fail.
45
00
Select/Reset Failure - An attempt to reselect an initiator in order to complete the
command has failed.
4B
00
Data Phase Error - A command could not be completed because too many parity
errors occurred during the Data phase.
4E
00
Overlapped Commands - An initiator selected the drive even though it already
had a command outstanding in the drive.
50
00
Write Append Error - A write type command failed because the point at which to
append data was unreadable.
51
00
Erase failure - An Erase command failed to erase the required area on the media.
52
00
Cartridge fault - A command could not be completed due to a fault in the tape
cartridge.
53
00
Media Load/Eject Failed - (Sense Key 03) An attempt to load or eject the cartridge
failed due to a problem with the cartridge.
53
00
Media Load/Eject Failed - (Sense Key 04) An attempt to load or eject the cartridge
failed due to a problem with the drive.
53
02
Media Removal Prevented - An Unload command has failed to eject the cartridge
because media removal has been prevented.
5D
00
Failure Prediction Threshold - Failure Prediction thresholds have been exceeded
indicating that a failure may occur soon.
5D
FF
Failure Prediction False - A Mode Select command has been used to test for Failure
Prediction system.
82
82
Drive requires cleaning - The drive has detected that a cleaning operation is
required to maintain good operation.
82
83
Bad Code Detected - The data transferred to the drive during a firmware upgrade
is corrupt or incompatible with drive hardware.
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