HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height SCSI Tape Drives User Guide (EH853-90905, August 2007)

LED Sequence Cause
Action required
ReadyisOFF,othersare
ON.
Firmware is being
reprogrammed.
None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.
Clean FLASHES.
The dri ve req
uires cleaning.
Load the Ultr
iumcleaningcartridge. See
“Cleaning cartridges”onpage49for
supported cartridges and instructions.
If the Clean L
ED is still flashing when you
loadanewor
knowngooddatacartridge
after cleaning, call for service.
Ready FLASHES and Clean
is ON.
Cleaning is in progress. None. The cleaning cartridge will eject on
completion.
The cleaning cycle can take up to 5 minutes
to complete.
Tape FLASHES.
Thedrivebelievesthecurrent
tape or the tape just ejected
is faulty.
Unload the tape cartridge. Make sure
that you are using the correct format
cartridge; an Ultrium data cartridge or
Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge. (See
“Use the correct media” on page 49.)
Reload the cartridge. If the Tape LED
still flashes or starts flashing during the
next backup, load a new or known good
cartridge.
If the Tape LED is now off, discard the
’suspect’ tape cartridge. If it is still on, call
for service.
The tape is ejected
immediately and Tape
FLASHES, or Drive FLASHES
on unloading tape.
The ta
pe cartridge memory
(CM) may be faulty.
Write
-protect the cartridge by sliding
the s
witchonthetapecartridge,see
“Wri
te protecting cartridges”onpage51.
The t
ape can b e loaded and the data read.
Onc
e the data is recovered, the cartridge
mus
tbediscarded.
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