Dell PowerVault TL1000 - Manual (Page 158)

Table C-4. Ultrium Tape drive sense data - Bytes 12 and 13 (continued)
Byte 12 ASC Byte 13 ASCQ Description
30 0D Medium Error - WORM integrity check. The drive rejected a Read or Write
operation because the cartridge is a suspicious WORM cartridge.
31 00 Media format corrupted - Data could not be read because the format on tape is not
valid, but is a known format. A failure occurred attempting to write the FID.
37 00 Rounded parameter - A Mode Select command parameter has been rounded
because the drive can not store it with the accuracy of the command.
3A 00 Media Not Present - A media access command has been received when there is no
cartridge loaded.
3B 00 Sequential Positioning Error - A command has failed and left the logical position at
an unexpected location.
3D 00 Invalid bits in identify Message - An illegal Identify Message has been received at
the drive at the start of a command.
3E 00 Logical Unit has not Self-Configured - The drive has just powered on and has not
completed its self test sequence and can not process commands.
3F 01 Code Download - The firmware in the drive has just been changed by a Write
Buffer command.
40 xx Diagnostic failure - A diagnostic test has failed. The xx (ASCQ) is a vendor specific
code indicating the failing component.
43 00 Message Error - A message could not be sent or received due to excessive
transmission errors.
44 00 Internal target failure - A hardware failure has been detected in the drive that has
caused the command to fail.
45 00 Select/Reset Failure - An attempt to reselect an initiator in order to complete the
command has failed.
4B 00 Data Phase Error - A command could not be completed because too many parity
errors occurred during the Data phase.
4E 00 Overlapped Commands - An initiator selected the drive even though it already
had a command outstanding in the drive.
50 00 Write Append Error - A write type command failed because the point at which to
append data was unreadable.
51 00 Erase failure - An Erase command failed to erase the required area on the media.
52 00 Cartridge fault - A command could not be completed due to a fault in the tape
cartridge.
53 00 Media Load/Eject Failed - (Sense Key 03) An attempt to load or eject the cartridge
failed due to a problem with the cartridge.
53 00 Media Load/Eject Failed - (Sense Key 04) An attempt to load or eject the cartridge
failed due to a problem with the drive.
53 02 Media Removal Prevented - An Unload command has failed to eject the cartridge
because media removal has been prevented.
5D 00 Failure Prediction Threshold - Failure Prediction thresholds have been exceeded
indicating that a failure may occur soon.
5D FF Failure Prediction False - A Mode Select command has been used to test for Failure
Prediction system.
82 82 Drive requires cleaning - The drive has detected that a cleaning operation is
required to maintain good operation.
82 83 Bad Code Detected - The data transferred to the drive during a firmware upgrade
is corrupt or incompatible with drive hardware.
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