IBM 4mm 4GB DDS2
Internal Tape Drive #6142
& External 7206-005

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                                       | DDS2 Cartridge            |
  ( 4GB model is #6142 in F50 )        |                           |
 ___________________________________   |   _____________________   |
| IBM 7206      _________________   |  |  |  /      \   /   \   |  |
| FFC 915      |_________________|  |  |  | |    O   | |  O  |  |  |
|               1  2  3             |  |  |__\ _____/___\___/___|  |
|              == == ==       ===   |  |                           |                       |
|___________________________________|  |                           |
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Current Microcode | Microcode History | How to check level

Tape Drive 4GB
 All models except 7248 and 7013-JXX,.  59H3481
 7013-J...............................  19H0213
 7248-43P.............................  59H3480, 59H2683.

Other Parts 7206-005
 Power Supply ......................... 8191380
 Internal SCSI Cable .................. 8191223
 Address Switch ....................... 74G8181
 Test Tape 4GB DDS2.................... 8191146
 Fan................................... 55F9421
 Media Kit ............................ 8191149
      ( includes 3 cartridges: data, test and cleaning cartridges )
 Data Tape DDS2 120m .................. 8191151 <-- 8191160
 Cleaning Tape ........................ 21F8763 50 cleaning
                                        59H3090 20 cleaning
  ( 59H3090 may give some problems. SEE HSF H052172 EMEA or H166169 USA )

  Other Info regarding FRU vs P/N in VPD:
       FRU    VPD P/N  Gener  UCODE  Codename
     59H3481  59H3468.   3    6560   Cobra
     59H3481  21H5154,   2    5ALG   Peregrine
     21H5172  21H5154.   2    562B
     59H3481  87G4925.   1    4CO0   Parana
     59H3481  87G4925.   1    4BKC
     21H5172, 21H5154, 16G8453.

  In 7248:
       FRU    VPD P/N  Gener  UCODE  Codename
     59H3480  59H3468   6560
     59H3480  59H2681   5ALG
     59H3480  16G8452   4CO0



  _______________________________________
 |          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            |
 |__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|


            7206-005 is a 2 connectors device

             ________
            |        ³                         +----------+
            | System ³                       # # 7206-005 |
            | Unit   # #----+                  | SCSI     |
            |        |      +----------------# # Device   |
            |________|                         +----------+


  _________________ ___________________________________
 |                 |                   |               |
 | Type            |      DDS||||      |     DDS2      |
 |_________________|___________________|_______________|
 |                 |                   |               |
 | Format          |       2GB         |      4GB      |
 |_________________|___________________|_______________|
 |                 |         |         |       |       |
 | Compression ->  |  No     |  Yes    |  No   | Yes   |
 |_________________|_________|_________|_______|_______|
 |                 |         |         |       |       |
 | 7206-001 (2GB)  |  R/W    |  R/W    |  No   | No    |
 |_________________|_________|_________|_______|_______|
 |                 |         |         |       |       |
 | 7206-005 (4GB)  |  R/W    |  R/W    |  R/W  | R/W   |
 |_________________|_________|_________|_______|_______|




                       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
  DDS1    Format of the tape with 2GB capacity on a 90 meter tape.
  DDS2    Format of the tape with 4GB capacity on a 120 meter tape.

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 Microcode: 4GB4MM package in AIXTOOLS

        P/N       FRU    Microcode Level ( new to old )
    ______________________________________

      87G4925   51H5172  4BKC
      21H5154   21H5172  5ALG, 562B


      
         Manufacturer................ARCHIVE
         Machine Type and Model......IBM4326NP/RP  !D
         Device Specific.(Z1)........5ALG
         Serial Number...............DR0GX2Z 0011
         Device Specific.(LI)........0011
         Part Number.................21H5154
         FRU Number..................59H3481
         EC Level....................E30312
         Device Specific.(Z0)........0180020283000018
         Device Specific.(Z3)........L1
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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 updates: Oct 2002 by Bruno Croft