Chapter 4: Operations
Status Lights
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Flashing
(once per
second)
Off 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 light stops
blinking and becomes solid when
the drive completes the recovery and
ejects the cartridge.
Off On Off Displaying
an error
code or
Maint
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 56 and Appendix A,
Error
Codes and Messages.
On/Off On/Off On/Off Displaying
random
segments/
Blank/
displaying
random
segments/
displaying
8 /Blank
On/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 Lights ON).
2 SCD will display random segments
(Ready light ON).
3 SCD will display random segments
(Fault light ON)
4 SCD will display [8] (Ready, Fault,
and SCD Dot lights ON).
5 SCD will go blank (Ready light ON)
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 Appendix A,
Error Codes and
Messages.
If green
Ready
Status
Light is
and
amber
Fault
Status
Light is
and
Encryption
Status
Light is and SCD is
and
SCD Dot
is Meaning