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Performing the internal self-test (FC 6120 or 6279)

Use the information in this topic to perform an internal self-test on your tape drive.

Prerequisites

In order to perform the test, you need the following items:

One VXA-2 tape drive with firmware code V2123 or higher, or one VXA-320 tape drive with firmware V3209 or higher
One VXA cleaning cartridge X style
One blank VXA X23 data cartridge

Performing the test

Follow these steps to perform the internal self-test:

Attention: Use a blank tape to perform the test. During the test, the tape is overwritten with a test pattern and all data on the tape is destroyed.

Clean the tape drive.
Press the blue eject button for 7 seconds. When the Ready LED blinks rapidly, insert the blank, X23 data cartridge.

The tape drive performs the internal self-test. The test can take up to 15 minutes. After successful completion, the media is ejected.

Interpreting the results

The following table shows how to interpret the results of the internal self-test using the status lights. To see a front-view illustration of the tape drive and status lights, see one of the following illustrations.

VXA-320 tape drive: Figure 1
VXA-2 tape drive: Figure 1

Table 1. Internal self-test status light combinations
Internal self-test operation	Ready	Activity	Cleaning	Fault	Media status
Initiated	Flashing rapidly	Off	Off	Off	Unloaded
Running	Flashing rapidly	Flashing	Off	Off	Loaded
Passed	Off	Off	Off	Off	Unloaded
Passed, cleaning needed	Off	Off	On	Off	Unloaded
Media failure¹	Off	Off	Flashing	Off	Loaded
Media write-protected²	Off	Flashing	Flashing	Off	Unloaded
Internal self-test media not compatible¹	Off	Flashing	Flashing	Off	Unloaded
Drive failure	Off	Off	Off	Flashing	Loaded
¹ Repeat the internal self-test with a different, blank X23 data cartridge. ² Repeat the internal self-test with a write-enabled, blank X23 data cartridge.

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Last updated: Thu, July 10, 2014