Tandberg LTO HH Installation and User Manual
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4 Tape Drive Operation
4.1 Front LED Indicators
Figure 4.1 Status indicators (LEDs)
Drive State
READY LED
(Green)
ACTIVITY LED
(Green)
CLEAN LED
(Amber)
FAULT LED
(Amber)
LED-test.
The LEDs are turned ON in sequence
Power-On Self-Test
Starts in parallel with the LED-test .
ON
Flashing in
about 12 sec
ON
After 12 sec:
Flashing during
cartridge load
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
Cartridge not loaded.
OFF
OFF
ON / OFF
OFF
Cartridge loaded, no activity
ON
OFF
ON / OFF
OFF
Cartridge loaded, activity
ON
Flashing
ON / OFF
OFF
Cleaning
OFF
Flashing
ON
OFF
Cartridge loading or unloading
OFF
Flashing
ON / OFF
OFF
Unrecoverable drive failure
ON / OFF
OFF
ON / OFF
Flashing
Over temperature
OFF
OFF
ON / OFF
ON
Media Error (wrong, write protected or
harmed media)
OFF
Flashing
ON / OFF
Flashing
Table 4.1 Front LED behaviour during normal operation
See
Appendix A
for more information on LED operation
4.2 Tape Cartridge Operation
Use only certified quality cartridges for the Tandberg LTO HH Tape Drives. Do not use worn or
audibly noisy cartridges. Cartridges which repeatedly require rewriting of large numbers of data-
blocks per track should also be rejected.
