Specifications

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The possible Drive Operation Statuses are shown in Table 4.2.
# Operation Status Description
1 Drive Empty There is no cartridge in the drive
2 Drive Loaded A Cartridge is Loaded.
3 Drive Idle A Cartridge is loaded and the drive is ready to use it
4 Drive Rewinding The Drive is rewinding the tape
5 Drive Seeking The drive is searching for specific data on the tape
6 Drive Reading The drive is reading data for transfer to a host via the SCSI
interface
7 Drive Writing The drive is writing data received from a host to the tape
8 Drive Erasing The drive is erasing data from parts of or the whole of the
tape.
9 Drive Cleaning A Cleaning Tape has been inserted in the Drive and the drive
is using it to clean the relevant mechanical parts
10 Drive Loading A tape has been inserted in the drive. The drive is in the
process of mechanically loading it
11 Drive Unloading The drive is in the process of mechanically unloading the tape
12 Drive Update
Ready
The Drive has completed an internal update.
13 Drive Updating The drive is in the process of an internal FW update
14 Drive Calibrating A data tape ha been inserted and loaded into the drive. The
drive is in the process of measuring its physical properties.
Table 4.2. Drive Operation Statuses.