IBM Ultrium Gen 6, Installation And User Manual

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Table 6. Meaning of status lights and single-character display (SCD)
Ready
status light
Fault status
light
Encryption
status light
SCD SCD dot Meaning
Off Off Off Off Off The drive has no power or is powered
off.
Green and
solid
Off On or off Off Off The drive is powered on and in an idle
state.
Note: If a cartridge is loaded, the white
Encryption status light will be on when
all the data on the cartridge is encrypted
(excluding the label). This applies to
LTO Ultrium 6 and Ultrium 5 cartridges
only.
Flashing
green (once
per second)
Off On or 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 white Encryption status light
will be on when all the data on the
cartridge is encrypted (excluding the
label). This applies to LTO Ultrium 6
and Ultrium 5 cartridges only.
Flashing
green (once
per second)
Off Off Off Off If the drive contains a cartridge when
the drive is turned on, the drive
completes POST and slowly rewinds the
tape (the process may take up to 10
minutes). The light stops blinking and
becomes solid when the drive completes
the recovery and is ready for a read or
write operation. To eject the cartridge,
press the Unload button.
Off Amber and
solid
Off Displaying an
error code or
Maintenance
mode
function
On or off The drive is displaying error codes from
the error code log on the SCD. For more
information, see “Function code 9:
Display error code log” on page 34 and
Appendix C, “Error codes and
messages,” on page 63.
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