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Viper 200 LTO Product Manual
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Status LED (amber) – If the Status LED stays on continuously, the drive needs
to be cleaned. Other changes in drive or cartridge status are indicated by various
blinking patterns, which are described in the table below.
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Error LED (orange) – The Error light blinks if the drive experienced a non-
recoverable error.
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Drive LED (green) – The Drive LED is lit whenever a tape is loaded and ready
for use. The Drive LED light blinks whenever a tape is loaded and moving.
The following table summarizes all the “blink codes” used by the Viper 200.
Drive Condition
Status LED
(Amber)
Error LED
(Orange)
Drive LED
(Green)
Cleaning Request
ON
Write Protected
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
Prevent Media Removal Mode
Active
1/2 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
Hardware or Firmware Error
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
Positioning – Loading,
Unloading, Rewinding,
Spacing or Locating
ON
continuously
Tape Active – Writing,
Reading or Verifying
1/2 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
SCSI Active
1/4 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
Manual Intervention Required 1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
Power On Self Test (POST)
Failure
ON
1/2 sec ON
1/2 sec OFF
Excessive Rewrites or Read
C2 errors
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
Cleaning Cartridge Present
ON
ON
Cleaning Cartridge at EOT
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
ON
SCSI bus reset
1/4 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
Servo Initialization
1/2 sec ON
1/2 sec OFF
1/2 sec ON
1/2 sec OFF
Power On Self Test (POST)
In Progress
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
Cleaning Failure
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
ON
Microcode Download
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
Microcode Download Error
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
