If the green
Ready Status
LED is...
and the amber
Fault status
LED is...
and the SCD is...
and the SCD
Dot is...
Meaning
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.
Off Amber/ Solid Displaying an error
code or
Maintenance Mode
Function
On/Off The drive is displaying error code(s) from the
error code log on the SCD.
1
Maximum operating temperature
exceeded. Reduce drive temperature.
2
Input voltage failure. Check input power
connections.
6
Drive or media failure. Clean drive,
replace cartridge, or both, if needed.
Retry operation.
7
Media error. Replace cartridge. Possible
expired cleaning cartridge.
A
Recoverable drive error. Clean drive and
retry operation.
J
Incorrect media. Insert correct media
type.
F
Incorrect firmware update tape used.
Replace firmware update tape.
P
Write operation was attempted and media
is write-protected. Use media that is not
write-protected.
Off/On Off/On Displaying random
segments / Blank /
displaying random
segments /
displaying 8 / Blank
Off During power on, or a drive reset, the drive front
panel will display drive progress as follows:
1. SCD will display random segments (no
LEDs ON).
2. SCD will go blank (LEDs - Green ON,
Amber OFF).
3. SCD will display random segments (LEDs
- Green OFF, Amber ON).
4. SCD will display 8 (LEDs - Green OFF,
Amber ON).
5. SCD will go blank (LEDs - Green ON,
Amber OFF) after a successful power on
or reset.
If an error is detected during the power on or
reset, the tape drive posts an error code to the
SCD. To determine the error, locate the code in
Error Codes and Messages.
Off Amber/ Solid Displaying0 Off/On The drive is entering or exiting from
maintenance mode.
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