HP Insight Management Agents - Manual (Page 64)

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Negotiated Link Rate—Displays the negotiated link rate for SAS and SATA tape drives. The
possible values are:
◦ 1.5 Gbps—The negotiated link rate for this drive is 1.5 gigabits per second.
◦ 3.0 Gbps—The negotiated link rate for this drive is 3.0 gigabits per second.
◦ Unknown—The agent is unable to determine the negotiated link rate for this tape drive.
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Magazine Size—Displays the magazine size of autoloader tape drives. For single tape devices,
the magazine size is N/A.
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Placement—Indicates whether the tape drive is in an internal or external storage system. The
following values are valid:
◦ Internal—The tape drive is in an internal storage system.
◦ External—The tape drive is in an external storage system.
◦ Unknown—The tape drive is not in a storage system or the Storage Agents cannot
determine the drive placement.
—This symbol indicates that the drive is a hot-plug drive.
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Library Drive—Indicates whether the tape drive is included in a tape library. The following
values are valid:
◦ Yes—The tape drive is included in a tape library.
◦ No—The tape drive is not included in a tape library.
◦ Unknown—The Storage Agents are unable to determine if the tape drive is included in
a tape library.
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Tape Errors—Displays the total number of read and write errors encountered. This value is
maintained from the moment the Tape Hardware Interface driver was loaded.
Tape errors may occasionally occur. If this value rises dramatically, clean the device. If you
continue to have errors, you may have a problem. Some common causes of these errors
include radio frequency interference (RFI) on the bus cables, bad or missing terminating resistors
on the drives, or having more than one device with the same SCSI ID. Ensure the bus cable
is free of obstructions and that the devices on the bus are properly configured.
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Uncorrectable—Displays the total number of read and write errors which could not be corrected.
This value is maintained from the moment the Tape Hardware Interface driver was loaded.
Uncorrectable errors may occasionally occur. If this value rises dramatically, clean the device.
If you continue to have errors, you may have a problem. Some common causes include radio
frequency interference (RFI) on the bus cables, bad or missing terminating resistors on the
drives, or having more than one device with the same SCSI ID. Ensure the bus cable is free
of obstructions and that the devices on the bus are properly configured.
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Rereads—Displays the number of times blocks that had to be reread from the device. This
value is maintained from the moment the Tape Hardware Interface driver was loaded.
Reread errors may occasionally occur. If this value rises dramatically, clean the device. If you
continue to have rereads, you may have a problem. Some common causes include radio
frequency interference (RFI) on the bus cables, bad or missing terminating resistors on the
drives or having more than one device with the same SCSI ID. Ensure the bus cable is free of
obstructions and that the devices on the bus are properly configured.
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