Table of Contents
Advertisement
9.5.8
Active LED Out
The Active LED Out signal is driven by the drive as indicated in Table 30.
Table 30:
Active LED Out conditions
Normal command activity
Spun down and no activity
Spun down and activity (command executing)
Spun up and no activity
Spun up and activity (command executing)
Spinning up or down
Format in progress, each cylinder change
The Active LED Out signal is designed to pull down the cathode of an LED. The anode is attached to the
proper +5 volt supply through an appropriate current limiting resistor. The LED and the current limiting resistor
are external to the drive.
9.5.9
Enable port bypass signals
The – Enable Bypass Port A (– EN BYP Port A) and – Enable Bypass Port B (– EN BYP Port B) signals control
the port bypass circuits (PBC) located external to the disc drive. The PBC allows a loop to remain functional in
the event of a drive failure or removal. When these signals are active, low, the PBC bypasses the drive on the
associated port. When an Enable Bypass signal is active, the corresponding Port Bypass LED signal in con-
nector J1 is driven low by the disc drive. A pull down resistor, 1K, located with the PBC should be used to
insure the bypass is enabled if the disc drive is not installed.
The Enable Bypass signal is active under failing conditions within the drive, on detection of the Loop Port
Bypass primitive sequence, or on removal of the drive. In the bypass state the drive continues to receive on the
inbound fibre. Enable Bypass may be deactivated by detection of a Loop Port Enable primitive sequence if the
drive has completed self-test and a hardware failure is not present.
Failure modes detected by the disc drive that will enable bypass include:
• Transmitter/receiver wrap test failure
• Loss of receive clock
• Loss of transmission clock
• Drive interface hardware error
64
LED status
Slow blink (20% on and 80% off a 2 sec cycle)
On
On
Off
Blinks steadily (50% on and 50% off)
Toggles on/off
NL35 Series FC Product Manual, Rev. D
Advertisement
Table of Contents
