Interpreting the Front of the Tape Drive | A2
A2
Interpreting the Front of
the Tape Drive
Note:
Upon reset, all LEDs flash briefly and then illuminate
in sequence until the tape drive is ready for use. All
LEDs flash when the tape drive encounters an error.
Title
Color/
Symbol
Action
Explanation
Drive
Density
Orange/
Green
Off
No cartridge is inserted, or an
incompatible cartridge is inserted.
Green
A Super DLTtape
™
II cartridge is
inserted or has just been ejected.
Orange
A backward-read cartridge, such as
Super DLTtape I or DLTtape
™
VS1,
is inserted.
Drive
Status
Green
On
The tape drive is idle. The tape drive
may or may not contain a cartridge.
Off
The tape drive has not been powered
on or is not plugged into a power
source.
Flashing
The tape drive is in use. This
includes functions such as:
• Loading and unloading tape
• Reading
• Writing
• Rewinding
• Calibrating
Cleaning
Required
Yellow
On
Cleaning is required.
Off
Cleaning is not required.
Eject
N/A
Press
Use the Eject button to eject a
cartridge from the tape drive. When
you press Eject, the tape drive
finishes writing data to the tape, then
ejects the cartridge.
Infrared Port
The infrared port provides a wireless
remote testing base for customers
and integrators to access system
diagnostic information.
This section describes the tape drive
controls as well as tape drive and
data cartridge conditions communi-
cated by the LEDs on the front of
the tape drive.
