Dell PowerVault ML6010 - Fibre Port Link LED on Tape Drives; Power Supply Leds

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Table 6 Tape Drive Activity
LED
Color Represents Tape Drive Status
Green Processor
activity
• Solid on/solid off— Tape drive's main processor is not operating.
• 1 blink per second — Normal operation.
• 2 quick blinks within 1.25 seconds; then on solid for 1.25 seconds; repeat — Tape drive sled
firmware is downloading.
• 3 quick blinks within 1.25 seconds; then off for 1.25 seconds; repeat — Tape drive is activating.
• 10 blinks in 1.25 second; then off for 1.25 seconds; repeat — Tape drive firmware is downloading.
• 10 blinks per second — Identify mode.
Amber Health of
the tape
drive
• Solid on — Drive has failed.
• Solid off — Normal.
Blue Power
control
status
• Solid on — Swap mode: Ready to be removed or replaced.
• 1 blink per 10 seconds — Normal: Drive operational.
• Solid off — Drive is not receiving power.
Fibre Port Link LED on Tape Drives
The fibre port link LED shows the current state of the FC link and indicates whether or not the link is ready to transmit
commands. The fibre port link LED on a tape drive is located on the rear of the tape drive, beside the fibre port.
Use Table 7 to interpret FC link activity:
Table 7 Fibre Port Link Status
LED
Color Represents Fibre Port Link Status
Green LIP and
activity
• Solid on — Loop initialization protocol (LIP) has occurred.
• Blinks at regular intervals — Host command/data activity is occurring.
Amber Online and
light
detected
• Solid on — The library has enabled the tape drive data bus, and it can detect light through a fibre
optic cable.
No
color
No activity
or no light
detected
• Solid off — Either the tape drive is off or the tape drive cannot detect light through a fibre optic
cable (which is equivalent to a missing fibre cable). If the tape drive is offline, the tape drive's blue
status LED will be solidly lit.
Power Supply LEDs
RAS tickets typically report all problems related to power supplies. You can also observe the blinking pattern of LEDs on
power supplies to see if the they are functioning appropriately.
Power supply LEDs indicate status by the rate at which they blink. The color of the LED identifies the area of the component
being reported.
Use
Table 8 to interpret power supply activity.
Table 8 Power Supply Status
LED
Color Represents Power Supply Status