Owner's manual

Operation
Front LED Indicators
Tape Cartridge Operation
Handling and Storing LTO Cartridges
Cleaning the Tape Drive
Front LED Indicators
Figure 1: Status indicators (LEDs)
Table 1: Front LED behaviour during normal operation
Drive State
Normal operation
READY LED
(Green)
ACTIVITY LED
(Green)
CLEAN LED
(Amber)
2)
FAULT LED
(Amber)
LED-test.
1)
The LEDs are turned ON briefly.
ON ON ON ON
Power-On Self-Test in progress Flashing OFF OFF OFF
Cartridge not loaded ON OFF OFF OFF
Cartridge not loaded,
Drive needs cleaning
ON OFF ON OFF
Cartridge loaded, no activity ON OFF OFF OFF
Cartridge loaded, no activity
Drive needs cleaning
ON OFF ON OFF
Cartridge loaded, activity ON Flashing OFF OFF
Cartridge loaded, activity
Drive needs cleaning
ON Flashing ON OFF
Cleaning cartridge loaded, Activity OFF Flashing ON OFF
Cartridge loading or unloading ON Flashing OFF OFF
Cartridge loading or unloading
Drive needs cleaning
ON Flashing ON OFF
1)
LED's are turned on during boot process briefly, then the Ready and Activity LEDs operate till the POST is complete.
2)
A solid amber Clean LED indicates that the drive needs cleaning. In most cases it will continue to operate normally if
cleaned within a short time.