Tape drive diagnostic and maintenance web page

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Several of the tape drive's maintenance functions are run with the tape drive's Ethernet port. These functions are the same maintenance functions that are run with Unload on the drive's front panel.

About this task

For more information about maintenance functions, see Diagnostic and maintenance functions section in this User's Guide.
Important: The Ethernet port is for Service only. Do not connect the customer network to Service ports.

Procedure

  1. Connect the host computer or a notebook to the tape drive's Ethernet port (RJ45 connector) with an Ethernet patch cable.
  2. With a web browser, connect to http://169.254.0.3/service.html to access the tape drive maintenance function menu on an HTML web page. (If the drive's IP address was changed, use that address instead.)

What to do next

The tape drive model and serial number are shown at the top of the page. A list of the maintenance functions is shown on the page.
Figure 1. Tape drive diagnostic page
Tape drive diagnostic page

Click the button next to the maintenance function, then click Run to start the maintenance function.

If the tape drive is installed in a library, some of the maintenance functions cannot be run with the Ethernet procedure.

The status of the maintenance function is shown under the Drive Response. The web page is static so it must be refreshed frequently to show the current maintenance function status.

Press Cancel now or Cancel at end of loop to stop the maintenance function. It can take several minutes for the maintenance function to end.