IBM 4mm 2GB Tape Drives Internal & External 7206-001

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                                       | DDS|||| Cartridge         |
                                       | 90m                       |
 ___________________________________   |   _____________________   |
| IBM 7206      _________________   |  |  |  /      \   /   \   |  |
| FFC 998      |_________________|  |  |  | |    O   | |  O  |  |  |
|               1  2  3             |  |  |__\ _____/___\___/___|  |
|              == == ==       ===   |  |                           |
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No downloadable microcode

 Parts                                    FRU
 Tape drive 2GB all except below....... 8191193
            6015 & 7020................ 16G8404

 Power Supply (2GB).................... 46G3934
 Test Tape 2GB DDS||||................. 21F8762
 Fan 7206-001.......................... 42F7300
 Media Kit ( includes 3 cartridges: data, test and cleaning cartridges )
           2GB......................... 21F8764
 Data Tape:
           DDS|||| 90m................. 21F8758
 Cleaning Tape ........................ 21F8763
                                        59H3090 50 cleaning
  ( 59H3090 may give some problems. SEE HSF H052172 EMEA or H166169 USA )

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 |          Indicator Lights             |
 |_______________________________________|___________________________________
 |  Ready   |  Read/Write  | Disturbance |                                   |
 |    1     |      2       |      3      |             Status                |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
 | Flashing |    Off       |   Off       |  POST or diag cartridge running   |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
 |   Off    |    Off       |   Off       |  POST ended and no cartridge.     |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
 |   On     |    Off       |   Off       |  Cartridge inserted - tape ready  |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
 |   On     |  Flashing    |   Off       |  Tape in motion or cleaning.      |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
 |   Off    |    Off       | Flashing    |   Internal fault/ Hi humidity     |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
 | Off/On   | Off/Flashing |   On        |  Cleaning required/               |
 |          |              |             |      Poor quality tape            |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|



  _________________ ___________________________________
 |                 |                   |               |
 | Type            |      DDS||||      |     DDS2      |
 |_________________|___________________|_______________|
 |                 |                   |               |
 | Format          |       2GB         |      4GB      |
 |_________________|___________________|_______________|
 |                 |         |         |       |       |
 | 7206-001 (2GB)  |  R/W    |  R/W    |  No   | No    |
 |_________________|_________|_________|_______|_______|


                       Drive and Media Interchange

  MRS      Media Recognition System - Special markings on the tape that are
           recognized by the drive to determine that the tape has Data Grade
           media.
  DDS||||  Tape cartridge type for 90 meter tape with MRS. DDS-1 Format
  DDS-1    Format of the tape with 2GB capacity on a 90 meter tape.
  DDS-2    Format of the tape with 4GB capacity on a 120 meter tape
           ( not supported on a 7206-001 and the internal 2gb tape drive.

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  Some commands that may reset the error condition (  flashing light )

 1)  diag -c -d rmtX

          OR

 2)  tctl -f /dev/rmtX reset

     ... followed by

     tctl -f /dev/rmtX offline


Last update 19 Jan 2000 by Bruno Croft