Tandberg Data SDLT220-320 INTEGRATION, Product Manual

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CHAPTER 5: Using Your Tape Drive
Table 5-3.
Front Panel LED/Control Functionality
LED/Button Symbol LED Color Description
Write Protect LED
(Left on SDLT 220)
OR
Drive Density LED
(Left on SDLT 320)
Amber For the SDLT 320 drive, this LED functions as the
“Drive Density Indicator” LED; for the SDLT 220
drive, this LED is the “Write Protect” LED.
ON
220:
Tape is Write-Protected
320: Tape is 220-Formatted
OFF
220:
Tape is Write-Enabled
320: Tape is 320-Formatted
Drive Status LED
(Center) Green Blinking: The drive is in use; this includes functions
such as:
• the tape is moving
• the drive is calibrating, reading, writing, or
rewinding the tape
• the tape is loading, unloading or rewinding.
ON: The drive is idle. There may or may not be a
cartridge in the tape drive.
OFF: There is no Off state.
Cleaning Required
(Right) Yellow Cleaning Required. See “Cleaning the Tape
Mechanism” on page 5-7 .
Eject Button Use the Eject button to eject the tape cartridge from the
drive. When you press the button, the drive completes
any active writing of data to the tape, then ejects the
cartridge.
Refer to the applicable tape cartridge appendix for
detailed tape cartridge handling procedures.
Infrared
Communication
Port This infrared port, also known as the Global Storage
Link (GS Link), provides a wireless remote testing
base for customers and integrators to access system
diagnostic information. See your Quantum sales
representative for more information.
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