IBM 8mm 5GB Internal Tape Drive #6147 & External 7208-011

 Status Lights. .__Unload Button         Power supply:
     _________|_|_____________________     7208-011 s/n <50000..... 46G3934
    | 7208    1 |____________________ |             s/n >50000..... 8191380
    | FFC994 |2 o|________________| | |  Fan 7208-011 s/n <50000... 42F7300
    |   _ o  |3                     | |               s/n >50000... 55F9421
    |  |_|   |______________________| |  Fan internal 7009 7013.... 51G9625
    |__|_|____________________________|  Data Tape 112m Qty5....... 21F8595
                                         Test Tape Cartridge....... 21F8577
                                         Data Tape 112m Qty1....... 21F8575


Microcode:  Current level | History 
FRU TAPE DRIVES: SINGLE ENDED version FRU VPD ucode All RS6K, 59H3159 8191044 807A current one 7208-011, 59H3159 8191044 7Z0A and 59H3159 8191044 7R0A 9334-010/500 media bay 21H5151 8191044 7J0A 21H5151 8191044 7A0A 87G1687 8191044 730A 87G1687 8191044 6S0A 87G1631 8191044 6D0A 8191045 8191044 520A 17G1715 46G2665 46LA 17G1715 21F8650 463A 7013 J Series 19H0204 incl carrier VPD DIFFERENTIAL version FRU P/N ucode Used in 59H3160 16G8493 807A 9334-011/501 media bay 59H3160 16G8493 7Z0A 59H3160 16G8493 7R0A 21H5152 16G8493 7J0A 21H5152 16G8493 7A0A 87G1688 16G8493 6S0A 87G1632 16G8493 6D0A 16G8492 16G8493 520A
Status Light 1 Amber - Z Disturbance - Unrecoverable fault or needs cleaning. 2 Green - O Ready - Ready to receive command. 3 Green - Diamond - Busy, tape moving
CLEANING: Every 30 HOURS of tape motion or once a month. Cleaning Tape Cartridges 16G8467 Current one - min microcode 6S0A - more abrasive 21F8593 The old one, now replaced by 16G8467. Used only if drive is not a microcode 6S0A
Hints: Some usefull commands to know that may reset the error condition ( reset amber flashing light - stuck cartridge ) 1) diag -c -d rmtX OR 2) tctl -f /dev/rmtX reset ... followed by tctl -f /dev/rmtX offline ( X = ID of your tape drive. Example: rmt0, rmt1, etc... ) NOTE: The 5GB 8MM tape drive will reject the 160M media when inserted. Updated: March 26 2001 by BJ Croft