Document Outline

• Contents
• Figures
• Safety
  • Material Handling Safety
  • Laser Safety and Compliance
• Preface
  • Related Publications
    • IBM 3590 Publications
    • IBM 3490 Publications
    • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library (3494) Publications
    • RS/6000® Publications
    • AS/400® Publications
    • S/390® Publications
    • IBM Fibre Channel Fabric Publications
    • IBM ESCON® Publications
    • IBM FICON™ Publications
    • Related Software Publications
    • HP Publications
    • SUN Publications
    • Other Publication
  • Online Access
    • IBM Storage Media support
    • IBM 3590 Tape Subsystem Support
      • Device Driver support
      • IBM Global Services' Product Support Services
      • IBM Storage Products
      • McDATA Switch
      • FICON
      • Open Systems support
      • Redbooks
      • Vendor support
    • Non-IBM Support
  • Do You Have Comments or Suggestions?
• Summary of Changes
  • Fourteenth Edition
  • Thirteenth Edition
  • Twelfth Edition
  • Eleventh Edition
  • Tenth Edition
  • Ninth Edition
  • Eighth Edition
  • Seventh Edition
  • Sixth Edition
  • Fifth Edition
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. A14, C10, and C14 Control Unit Operator Panel
• Chapter 3. Drive Operator Panel and Controls
  • Operator Panel Display
  • Fiducials
  • Drive Power
  • Indicators and Icons
    • Processor Check Indicator
    • File Protected Icons
    • Tape Position Indicator
    • Dump Icon
    • Clean Icon
  • Intervention Messages
    • Message Priority and Display Rules
      • Message Action Term Definitions
      • Message Priorities
      • Message Life Cycle Rules
    • FID and ATTN Supplemental Messages
  • Operator Panel Menus
    • Operator Flow Chart
    • Operator Menus
      • Options Menu
      • Set ACF Mode Menu
      • Services Menu
      • Set Online Menu
      • Set Offline Menu
      • Confirm Offline Menu
      • Set Address Menu
      • Set Port 0 Address Menu
      • Set Port 1 Address Menu
      • Fibre Address Menu
      • Show Node Name Menu
      • Show Port Names Menu
      • Set Port 0 Fibre Address Menu
      • Set Port 1 Fibre Address Menu
      • Set Hard Address Menu
      • Use Soft Address Menu
      • Change Language Menu
      • Statistics Menu
      • Show Statistics Menu
      • Confirm Mode Change Menu
• Chapter 4. Automatic Cartridge Facility (ACF) and Magazine
  • ACF Description
    • ACF Functions
      • Cartridge Storage Positions
  • ACF Magazine
    • Cartridge Magazine Positions
    • Magazine Weight
    • Inserting and Removing Cartridges from the Magazine
      • ACF Door and Lock Function
    • Inserting and Removing the Magazine in the 3590
      • Inserting the Magazine in the 3590
      • Removing the Magazine from the 3590
  • Modes of Operation
    • ACF Notes
  • Manual Mode
  • Accumulate Mode
  • Automatic Mode
  • System Mode
  • Random and Random 2-LUN Modes
  • Cell Status Indicator LEDs
    • Cell Status: Flashing Yellow–Attention indicator LED
    • Cell Status: Steady Yellow–Alert Conditions
    • Cell Status: Steady Green–In-Use Indicator LED
• Chapter 5. Cleaning Procedures
  • Cleaning the Tape Path
    • Model B11/E11
    • Model B1A/E1A
    • Cleaning Notification
      • Operator Panel Cleaning Notification
      • SCSI and Fibre Channel Interface Cleaning Notification
  • Cleaning the Tape Cartridge
  • Cleaning the Magazine
• Chapter 6. Identifying Subsystem Problems
  • Unable to Insert a Tape Cartridge
  • FID or ATTN on the Message Display
  • Tape Drive is Not Ready
  • Leader Block Detaches from the Tape
  • SCSI Bus Problems
  • Fibre Channel Problems
  • Unloading a Tape Cartridge after a Power Failure
  • Tape Winds Completely Out of the Cartridge
  • Tape Does Not Unload
  • Message Display is Blank
  • Tape/Drive Read or Write Problems
  • ACF Recovery Procedure
    • Attention Indicator LED Flashes
    • Attention Indicator LEDs On Continuously (Not Flashing)
• Chapter 7. 3590 High Performance Cartridge Tape and Extended High Performance Cartridge Tape
  • Tape Handling and Storage Advantages
• Chapter 8. Cartridge Care and Handling
  • Unpacking the Cartridges
  • Handling the Cartridges
  • Stacking Cartridges
  • Cartridge Labels
  • Damaged Cartridges
  • Cartridge Quality and Library Maintenance
    • Tape Supplies
  • Leader Block Replacement
  • Leader Block Inspection
  • Using Non-IBM Cartridges
• Chapter 9. Environmental and Shipping Information
  • Operating and Storage Environment
    • Operating Environment
    • Storage Environment
  • Shipping Tape Media
    • Cartridge
    • Environment
  • Cartridge Data Security and Cartridge Disposal
    • Data Security
      • Cartridge Degaussing
      • Cartridge Burning
    • Cartridge Disposal
• Appendix A. Media/Hardware Problem Isolation
• Appendix B. FID Messages
• Appendix C. Problem Determination
  • SCSI Bus
    • AIX Environment Attachment Check
      • Inquiry Command
      • Read and Write Tests
    • AS/400 Environment Attachment Check
    • HP-UX Environment Attachment Check
    • Sun Environment Attachment Check
    • Windows NT and Windows 2000 Environment Attachment Check
  • Fibre Channel
    • Fibre Channel Problem Determination
• Appendix D. Host Reporting
  • Statistical Analysis and Reporting System
  • Service and Media Information Messages (SIMs and MIMs)
  • SIM/MIM Presentation
• Notices
  • Trademarks
  • IBM Agreement for Licensed Internal Code
    • Actions You May Not Take
  • AIX License Information Additional Terms and Conditions
  • Compliance
    • Laser Safety and Compliance
    • Communication Statements
  • Statement of Limited Warranty
    • Part 1 – General Terms
      • The IBM Warranty for Machines
      • Extent of Warranty
      • Items Not Covered by Warranty
      • Warranty Service
      • Production Status
      • Limitation of Liability
    • Part 2 – Country/region-unique Terms
      • ASIA PACIFIC
      • EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA (EMEA)
• Glossary
• Index
• Readers’ Comments — We'd Like to Hear from You