User's Guide

Chapter 5 Understanding the Drive LEDs
LED Summary
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LED Summary 5
Table 8 summarizes the actions of the front-panel LEDs.
Table 8 LED Quick Summary
Clean LED 5
The Clean LED indicates whether a drive needs to be cleaned.
LED Color Action Description
Clean Green ON (Lit)
Slow Flashing
Flashing
Cleaning is required.
Internal error rate threshold has
been exceeded and cleaning is
required.
Cleaning cartridge in the drive
has exceeded its useful life.
Replace the old cleaning
cartridge with a new one.
Media Green ON (Lit)
Flashing
An inserted cartridge is
operating properly.
Drive could not write the tape
correctly (write error). Use a
DDS cleaning cartridge to clean
the drive.
Drive Amber ON (Lit)
Rapid Flashing
Drive is reading/writing
normally.
A hardware fault has occurred.