Dell PowerVault 132T LTO/SDLT (Tape Library) - Manual (Page 65)

Display Fibre Status
Fibre Status displays the status, speed, and topology for fibre drives. You may need this information when contacting Technical Support.
Path:
Using the Tools Menu
The Tools menu provides access to library utilities. From the Tools menu you can:
l Manually clean a drive
l Load drive firmware
l Run Demo tests
l Run Self tests
l Run Drive Maintenance tests
l Output logs
l Run Manufacturing tests
l Position the picker
Step 2 The service tag is displayed. Press
to dismiss the screen.
Selection Description/Result
Step 1 From the Status menu, highlight
and press .
Displays the status of fibre drives.
Step 2 Press and to view library
components.
Available options are:
l Drive 1 (if fibre)
l Drive 2 (if fibre)
l SNC
Step 3 Press to highlight Run ( ) and
then press .
Step 4 A completion screen displays. Press
to dismiss.
The current Fibre Status information is
provided.
Status line includes one of the following:
l No Light
l Negotiate: negotiating link
l Connected
l Not Supp.: a fibre drive that does not
support the status check feature or a
SCSI drive
l Unavailable: a fibre drive that
supports the status check feature but
is not responding
Speed line includes one of the following:
l Auto
l x Gb/s: the current fibre channel
speed
l N.A.: Not Supported or Unavailable
Topology line includes one of the following:
l Auto L: Auto-Configure, trying L-Port
first
l Auto N: Auto-Configure, trying N-Port
first
l N Port: Point-to-Point
l L Port: Loop