The Status LEDs (2 and 3 in Figure 1) provide information about the state of the drive. The Ready status LED is green and the
Fault status LED is amber, and (when lit) solid or flashing.
Table 1. Status LED Combinations
Mode SCD Ready LED (green) Fault LED (amber)
Operational Blank On Off
Activity (tape movement) in Operational Mode Blank Flashing Off
Maintenance Solid character Off On
Executing Maintenance Selection Flashing character Off On
Error Condition Solid character Off Flashing
Power-On / Reset Initialization random segments Off On
Table 2 lists the conditions of the Status LEDs and Single-character Display (SCD) and provides an explanation of what each
condition means.
Table 2. Meaning of Status LEDs and Single-character Display (SCD)
If the green
Ready Status
LED is...
and the amber
Fault status
LED is...
and the SCD is...
and the SCD
Dot is...
Meaning
Off Off Off Off The drive has no power or is powered off.
Green/ Solid Off Off Off The drive is powered on and in an idle state.
Flashing Green
(once per
second)
Off Off Off The drive is reading from the tape, writing to the
tape, rewinding the tape, locating data on the
tape, loading the tape, or unloading the tape.
Flashing Green
(once per
second)
Off Off Off If the drive contains a cartridge during the
power-on cycle, the drive completes POST and
slowly rewinds the tape. (The process may take
up to ten minutes.) The LED stops blinking and
becomes solid when the drive completes the
recovery and ejects the cartridge.
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