IBM TS4300 3555, User Manual

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Table 40. Meaning of Status light and single-character display (SCD) (continued)
If the
Status
light is...
And the
SCD is...
Meaning
Flashing
green
OFF The drive contains a cartridge during the power-ON cycle. In this case, the drive
completes POST and slowly rewinds the tape (the process can take up to ten minutes).
The light stops flashing and becomes solid when the drive completes the recovery and
is ready for a read or write operation.
Flashing
amber
Displayin
g error
code
The drive is displaying error codes from the error code log on the SCD.
Amber Red
numbers,
letters, or
segment
s
During the power-on/initialization and POST (power-on self-test), the SCD briefly
displays , then becomes blank (not lit) when POST is complete and no POST errors
occur. If a POST error is detected, an error code is displayed in the SCD and the Status
light flashes amber.
Amber Flashing The drive is exiting from maintenance mode.
Amber Flashing
function
The drive is running the maintenance function.
Flashing
amber
once per
second
Displayin
g error
code
An error occurred and the drive or media might require service, or it might require
cleaning.
Flashing
amber
once per
second
Displayin
g
The drive needs cleaning.
Flashing
amber
twice per
second
OFF The drive is updating firmware.
Flashing
amber
twice per
second
OFF The drive detected an error and is running a firmware recovery. It resets automatically.
Flashing
amber
twice per
second
Flashing The drive is requesting a cartridge to be loaded.
Flashing
amber
twice per
second
OFF A drive dump is in flash memory.
Power must not be removed from the drive until the microcode update is complete. The drive indicates that the
update is complete by resetting and running POST.
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