Skip to main content
  • Place orders quickly and easily
  • View orders and track your shipping status
  • Enjoy members-only rewards and discounts
  • Create and access a list of your products
  • Manage your Dell EMC sites, products, and product-level contacts using Company Administration.

Article Number: 000144463


How to run Drive Diagnostics Test on ML3 Library

Summary: How to run drive diagnostics on the ML3 Front panel.

Article Content


Resolution

In case you want to test the drive in a ML3 you can do a Drive Diagnostic Test.

From the start screen press two times Enter
SLN316759_en_US__1ML3-DrvDiag1

SLN316759_en_US__2ML3-DrvDiag1b

Now in the Home menue select Maintenance.
SLN316759_en_US__3ML3-DrvDiag2

SLN316759_en_US__4ML3-DrvDiag3

Select Library Tests...
SLN316759_en_US__5ML3-DrvDiag4

select Drive Diagnostics...
SLN316759_en_US__6ML3-DrvDiag5

now you can choose the drive you want to test. (In that Library is only one Drive available)
SLN316759_en_US__7ML3-DrvDiag6

For the selected Drive you will find a drop down menue. Here you can find Power On Self Test (POST).
SLN316759_en_US__8ML3-DrvDiag7

If a Tape is loaded in the selected Drive the Library will unload it. 
SLN316759_en_US__9ML3-DrvDiag8

After that the test is Running and the progress information will be displayed. 
SLN316759_en_US__10ML3-DrvDiag9

SLN316759_en_US__11ML3-DrvDiag10
SLN316759_en_US__12ML3-DrvDiag11

if all tests passed successful the Test Status is Passed.
SLN316759_en_US__13ML3-DrvDiag12

Article Properties


Affected Product

Dell EMC ML3, Powervault LTO6, PowerVault LTO7, PowerVault LTO8

Last Published Date

21 Feb 2021

Version

3

Article Type

Solution