User's Guide

Chapter 5 Understanding the Drive LEDs
Media LED
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Table 9 Clean LED
Media LED 5
The Media LED indicates whether a DDS cartridge is operating normally.
Table 10 Media LED
LED Status Description
ON Continuously Drive requires cleaning. Use only an approved
DDS cleaning cartridge.
Flashing slowly
(approximately ON
2 seconds, OFF 1
second)
Tape cartridge in use has exceeded a
predefined soft-error threshold. This signal is
a warning only and does not indicate that data
has been compromised. Remove the tape and
clean the drive using an approved DDS
cleaning cartridge. If the Clean LED still
flashes after cleaning and reinserting the
original data cartridge, use a new cartridge for
future backups.
Flashing rapidly A cleaning cartridge that has exceeded its
useful life has been inserted into the drive.
Replace the cleaning cartridge with a new
approved DDS cleaning cartridge.
LED Status Description
ON
continuously
A DDS cartridge has been inserted and the drive is
operating normally.
Flashing rapidly Drive could not write the tape correctly (maximum
rewrite count exceeded) and the write operation
failed. Clean the drive heads using an approved
DDS cleaning cartridge. If you reinsert the original
data cartridge and the LED continues flashing,
insert a new data cartridge and retry the operation