Tape Driver User's Guide
Troubleshooting
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—529972-001
6-9
Fault Symptom Codes (FSCs)
Control command 
execution failed
7002 D, G A command response opcode from the 
Control task was not anticipated or is un-
identifiable.
Control response not 
matched to a known 
command
7003 D,G A command response was received from 
the Control task, but the original 
command opcode could not be 
determined.
Loader response not 
matched to a known 
command
7004 D, G A command response was received from 
the Loader task, but the original command 
opcode could not be determined.
Drive response not 
matched to a known 
command
7005 D, G A command response was received from 
a Drive task, but the original command 
opcode could not be determined.
Flash response not 
matched to a known 
command
7006 D, G A command response was received from 
the Flash task, but the original command 
could not be determined.
Drive index on Update 
Status message was 
invalid
7007 C, D, G An Updated Drive Status message was 
received from a module, but the drive 
index was out of range.
The Drive response 
was not expected
7008 C, D, G A command response was received from 
a Drive task to which a command had not 
been sent.
The opcode for a 
WORD message was 
unknown
7009 C, D, G A WORD-sized message was received 
but the message opcode could not be 
identified.
The opcode for a 
DWORD message 
was unknown
700A C, D, G A DWORD-sized message was received 
but the message opcode could not 
identified.
The button causing 
ACL to go offline was 
unknown
700B C, D, G A command to take the ACL offline was 
completed successfully, but the GUI 
button that initiated the action could not 
be identified.
Destination Xchg was 
Null
700C C, G Attempting to send a command to a task, 
but the argument exchange pointer was 
NULL.
Sending of a cmd 
failed
700D C, G An attempt to place a command on a task 
exchange failed.
Deactivating a drive 
that is not attached
700E C, G The Control task is indicating that a 
request to deactivate a drive failed 
because the drive is not attached.
Table 6-2. Fault Symptom Codes
Message FSC ERP










