Chapter 4: Operations
Status Lights
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Flashing
(once per
second)
Off On/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.
Note: The whi
t
e Encryption status
light is on when all the data
on the cartridge is encrypted
(excluding the label). LTO
Ultrium 8, Ultrium 7, Ultrium
6, and Ultrium 5 cartridges
only.
Flashing
(once per
second)
Off Off Off Off If the drive contains a cartridge
dur
i
ng the power-on cycle, the drive
completes POST and slowly rewinds
the tape (the process may take up to
ten minutes). The light stops
blinking and becomes solid when
the drive completes the recovery and
ejects the cartridge.
Off On Off Displaying
an error
code or
Mai
n
t
Mode
Function
On/Off The drive is displaying error code(s)
from the error code log on the SCD.
For more information, see
Function
Code 9: Display Error Code Log on
page 57 and Appendix
A, Error
Codes and Messages.
If green
Ready
Status
Light is
and
amb
er
Fault
Status
Light is
and
Encryption
Status
Light is and SCD is
and
SCD Dot
is Meaning