Preliminary
3-3
September 21, 1999
BENCHMARK
T A P E
S Y S T E M S
3.2.1.2
Indicator Activity During Drive Operation
When your DLT1 drive is in use, a variety of indicator LEDs can blink or be illuminated.
Table 3 describes the circumstances under which one or more indicators are illuminated or
blinking immediately after POST. Table 4 describes what each front panel indicator means.
Drive Status
Indicator Activity
No cartridge in drive
The In Use indicator is off.
A cartridge is in the drive
While the drive loads the cartridge, the In Use indicator blinks.
When the In Use indicator is steadily illuminated, the drive has
loaded the cartridge. The cartridge is ready to use.
The drive detected an error
condition
The Write-Protect LED blinks. Eject the cartridge and cycle drive
or host power to reinitialize the drive. The drive runs a POST.
See section 3.2.1.1 above for POST information.
Table 3: Drive Status and Indicator Activity
Indicator State
Operating
Condition
Write Protected
On
Off
The DLTtape cartidge is write-protected.
The DLTtape cartidge is write-enabled
In Use
Blinking
On
Off
Tape is in motion.
The DLTtape cartridge is loaded and ready to
use.
No cartridge is loaded.
Alert On
Remains On after
you eject the
cleaning tape.
After cleaning, this
indicator is
illuminated again
when you load a
DLTtape cartridge.
Off
The drive read/write heads need to be cleaned
or the DLTtape cartridge is bad.
The cleaning tape has expired; no cleaning took
place.
The DLTtape cartridge is causing problems. Try
a different cartridge. If this condition persists
with other cartridges, contact Customer Support.
Cleaning is complete or not needed.
All three LEDs
On
Blinking
POST is starting.
A POST error has occurred. See Table 2 on
page 2-15 for more information.
Table 4: Indicator Activity
