Indicator LEDs
The half high LTO has the following indicator LEDs.
Status LEDs
Single Character Display (SCD) Panel
Rear View of the LTO Tape Drive
Status LEDs
Two status LEDs and their ISO symbols appear on the drive as follows:
Figure 1. Front View of the half high LTO Drive
1 Cartridge Unload Button
2 Ready LED
3 Encryption Key
4 Fault LED
5 Single-character display (SCD)
6 SCD dot
Notes:
1. The recommended preventative maintenance cleaning frequency is approximately 100 tape motion hours or when the
drive indicates cleaning is required. Tape motion hours are defined as the time the tape drive is moving tape.
2. When a fault occurs, the drive causes AIX to log an information error (TAPE_ERR6) in the AIX log, indicating that the
tape drive needs to be cleaned.
3. Use only IBM media. IBM only supports the use of IBM media and IBM cleaning cartridges.
4. When the tape drive indicates that the drive needs to be cleaned, it is the customer's responsibility to clean the tape
drive with the recommended cleaning cartridge.
Single Character Display (SCD) Panel
The Single Character Display (SCD) Panel 4 and the SCD dot 5 are used to report permanent errors occurring on the drive.
Rear View of the LTO Tape Drive
Figure 1 shows the connector locations on the drive.