• Off: no fault has been detected
• Flashing: the drive mechanism has detected a hardware error
3. Tape — amber
• Off: no fault has been detected
• Flashing: The cartridge currently in the drive is faulty (damaged or unsupported) or an attempt was
made to write to a write-protected tape. To determine if the tape is a supported generation, write-
protected, or has physical damage, inspect the cartridge. If physical damage is noted, discard the
cartridge.
4. Clean — amber
• On: cleaning cartridge in use
• Off: the drive does not require cleaning
• Flashing: the drive needs cleaning
5. Encryption — blue
• On: at power-on
• Off: some or all the data on the tape is not encrypted
• On: all data on the tape is encrypted
• On with Ready LED flashing: drive is reading/writing encrypted data and all data on the cartridge is
encrypted
• Flashing: encryption or decryption error
Data and cleaning cartridges
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storagemedia
Tape drive
model
LTO-3
800 GB
1
cartridge
LTO-4
1.6 TB
1
cartridge
LTO-5
3 TB
1
cartridge
LTO-6
6.25 TB
2
cartridge
LTO-7
15 TB
2
cartridge
LTO-7
Type M
22.5 TB
2,
3
cartridge
LTO-8
30 TB
2
cartridge
LTO-8
Ultrium
30750
not
supported
not
supported
not
supported
not
supported
read/write,
WORM
read/write
(C7977A)
4
read/write
(Q2078A),
WORM
(Q2078W)
LTO-7
Ultrium
15000
not
supported
not
supported
read only read/write,
WORM
read/write
(C7977A),
WORM
(C7977W)
not
supported
not
supported
Table Continued
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