Status LEDs
Note: The Activity LED is amber during power on sequences, microcode download activity, and other activity. The amber
Activity LED does not necessarily indicate an error condition.
The combinations of the LEDs and their definitions are shown in Table 1.
Notes:
1. The tape drive needs cleaning when the tape drive turns on the Cleaning status LED (solid amber). The LED turns on
when the tape drive exceeds a preset operating limit.
2. The recommended preventative maintenance cleaning frequency is approximately 50 tape motion hours. Tape motion
hours are defined as the time the tape drive is moving tape.
3. When the Cleaning status LED turns on (solid amber), the tape drive causes AIX to log an information error
(TAPE_ERR6) in the AIX log, indicating that the tape drive needs to be cleaned.
4. Use only IBM media. IBM only supports the use of IBM media and IBM cleaning cartridges.
5. The tape drive is designed to operate in normal office environments. Dirty environments or other poor environments
may damage the tape drive. It is the customer's responsibility to provide the proper operating environment.
6. 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.
7. If a tape cartridge that is not DDS-4, DAT 72 or DAT 160 format is used, that cartridge will be immediately ejected as an
incorrect cartridge type.
Table 1. Definition of Status Light Combinations
Activity Cleaning Media Fault Drive Fault Ready/Activity
(amber)
(amber)
(amber) (green)
Power on LED test (2.0 seconds) On On On On
Power on self-test (POST) activity Off Off Off Flashing
POST failed Off Off Flashing Off
POST passed
On
1
or off
Off Off Off
Data cartridge loading
On
1
or off
Off Off Flashing
Data cartridge loaded, no activity
On
1
or off On
2
or off Flashing
3
or off
On
Data cartridge loaded, activity
On
1
or off On
2
or off Flashing
3
or off
Flashing
Data cartridge unloading
On
1
or off On
2
or off Flashing
3
or off
Flashing
Data cartridge ejected
On
1
or off
On or off
Flashing
3
or off
Off
Cleaning cartridge loaded, activity On Off
Flashing
3
or off
Flashing
Cleaning succeeded, cleaning cartridge
ejected
Off Off
Flashing
3
or off
Off
Cleaning failed, cleaning cartridge ejected
On
1
or off
On
Flashing
3
or off
Off
Unrecoverable drive failure4
On
1
or off
On of off Flashing Flashing
Unrecoverable media failure4
On
1
or off
On Off Flashing, on, or off
Firmware download: download and
reprogram
Flashing Off Off Flashing
Firmware download: possible unload See Data cartridge unloading
Firmware download: reset in 1 second On On On On
Firmware download: self-test See Power on self-test activity, and then see either POST passed or POST
failed.
Firmware download reprogram failure Off Off Flashing Off
SCSI diagnostics test in progress See Data cartridge loaded, activity.
SCSI diagnostics test passed See Data cartridge loaded, no activity.
SCSI diagnostics test failed, tape ejected On On On Flashing
After data cartridge ejects, see Data cartridge ejected.
Tape diagnostics test in progress See Data cartridge loading and then:
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