HP EH920A - StorageWorks Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive, User Manual

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Table 3 Tape drive LED sequences
LED Sequence Cause
Action required
All LEDs OFF.
Drive may not have power,
may be faulty or may have
been power cycled or reset
during a fi rmware upgrade.
Check that the tape blade is installed
correctly.
Check the System Health LED is green.
Use the Onboard Administrator to check
the status of the tape blade.
If the tape drive LEDs are still off, call for
service.
Ready and Clean OFF. Drive
and Tape FLASH.
The drive has failed to execute
power-on self test (POST).
Power the server blade off and on again.
If the error condition reappears, call for
service.
Ready is ON.
The drive is ready for
operation.
None. This is normal.
Ready FLASHES.
The drive is carrying out a
normal activity (read, write).
None.
If the drive is upgrading fi rmware, do not
reset or power cycle it.
Ready sequence FLASHES-
ON- FLASHES.
The drive is in OBDR mode.
See “ Running HP OBDR ” on page 46 for
further details.
Ready FLASHES fast.
The drive is downloading
fi rmware.
None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.
Ready is OFF, others are ON.
Firmware is being
reprogrammed.
None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.
Clean FLASHES. The drive requires cleaning.
Load the Ultrium cleaning cartridge. See
“ Cleaning the tape drive ” on page 42
for supported cartridges and instructions.
If the Clean LED is still fl ashing when
you load a new or known good data
cartridge after cleaning, call for service.
Ready FLASHES and Clean is
ON.
Cleaning is in progress.
None. The cleaning cartridge will eject
on completion.
The cleaning cycle can take up to 5
minutes to complete.
Tape FLASHES.
The drive believes the current
tape or the tape just ejected
is faulty.
Unload the tape cartridge. Make sure
that you are using the correct format
cartridge; an Ultrium data cartridge or
Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge. (See
“ Use the correct media ” on page 39.)
Reload the cartridge. If the Tape LED
still fl ashes or starts fl ashing during the
next backup, load a new or known good
cartridge.
If the Tape LED is now off, discard the
’suspect’ tape cartridge. If it is still on,
call for service.
The tape is ejected immediately
and Tape FLASHES, or Drive
FLASHES on unloading tape.
The tape cartridge memory
(CM) may be faulty.
Write-protect the cartridge by sliding the
switch on the tape cartridge, see “ Write
protecting cartridges ” on page 42. The
tape can be loaded and the data read.
Once the data is recovered, the cartridge
must be discarded.
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