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LED
Color
Action
Description
Flashing
Drive could not write
the tape correctly
(write error). Use a
DDS cleaning
cartridge to clean the
drive.
Drive
3
Amber
ON (Lit)
Drive is reading or
writing the tape
normally.
Rapid flashing
A hardware fault has
occurred.
Clean LED
The Clean LED indicates whether a drive needs to be cleaned.
LED Status
Description
ON continuously
Drive requires cleaning. Use only an
approved DDS cleaning cartridge.
Flashing slowly (approximately ON 2
seconds, OFF 1 second)
Tape cartridge in use has exceeded a
predefined soft-error threshold. This signal
is a warning only and does not indicate that
data has been compromised. Remove the
tape and clean the drive using an approved
DDS cleaning cartridge. If the Clean LED
still flashes after cleaning and reinserting the
original data cartridge, use a new cartridge
for future backups.
Flashing rapidly
Cleaning cartridge has exceeded its useful
life has been inserted into the drive. Replace
the cleaning cartridge with a new approved
DDS cleaning cartridge.
Media LED
The Media LED indicates whether a DDS cartridge is operating normally.
LED status
Description
ON continuously
A DDS cartridge has been inserted and the
drive is operating normally.
Flashing rapidly
Drive could not write the tape correctly
(maximum rewrite count exceeded) and the
write operation failed. Clean the drive heads
using an approved DDS cleaning cartridge.
If you reinsert the original data cartridge
and the LED continues flashing, insert a
new data cartridge and retry the operation.
Note:
As routine maintenance, clean the drive heads after every 30 hours of
operation.
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