Section 2: HP 5242 Tape Drive
3.2.1
The Tape LED (number 1 in Figure 26) uses green to show tape activity:
Slow flashing green while the tape loads or unloads
Steady green when the tape is loaded
Fast flashing green during read or write operations
3.2.2 The
Clean/Attention LED (number 2 in Figure 31) uses amber to show:
Slow flashing amber indicates that the heads need to be cleaned, or the cartridge is
wearing out.
Steady amber indicates a hard fault. The tape drive should be replaced. Call the Global
Customer Support Center.
3.2.3
Additional LED patterns
Any
Any
Activity – load
or unload
Activity – read
or write
Cartridge loaded
Cleaning Needed
signal
Fault
Power-on (starts with
two steady lights
Key
Off
Green
Amber
Flash Green
(1/2s on, 1/2s off)
Flash Amber
(1/2s on, 1/2s off)
Fast Flash Green
(1/4s on, 1/4s off)
Figure 12
Additional 5242 LED patterns
HP StorageWorks DAT 72 (Models 5242 and 5242-ACL) User's Guide
31 HP Part Number 528296-03 July 2005
