Table 8. Status LED Combinations (continued)
Mode SCD Ready LED (green) Fault LED (amber)
Power-On / Reset
Initialization
random segments Off On
Table 9 lists the conditions of the Status LEDs and Single-character Display (SCD)
and provides an explanation of what each condition means.
Table 9. 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.
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.
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