Chapter 4. Understanding The Drive Leds; Front Panel Leds; Led Summary - IBM DDS Gen 5 User Manual

Chapter 4. Understanding the drive LEDs

This chapter describes the LEDs on the front panel of the DDS Gen 5 drive. These
LEDs provide information about both normal and error conditions.

Front panel LEDs

This figure shows an example of the LEDs on the drive front panel of the DDS
Gen 5 drive.

LED summary

The following table summarizes the actions of the front-panel LEDs.
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1 Clean LED (green)
2 Media LED (green)
3 Drive LED (amber)
4 Eject button
LED Color
Clean 1
Green
Media 2
Green
Action Description
ON (Lit) Cleaning is required
Slow flashing Internal error rate
threshold has been
exceeded and
cleaning is required.
Flashing Cleaning cartridge in
the drive has
exceeded its useful
life. Replace the old
cleaning cartridge
with a new one.
ON (Lit) An inserted cartridge
is operating properly.
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