Tape Drive Leds; Tape Drive Leds; Troubleshooting With Tape Drive Leds - HP EH920A - StorageWorks Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive User Manual

• c7000 enclosures only: The enclosure firmware is earlier than version 1.30. (In a c3000 enclosure
all versions of the firmware support the HP StorageWorks Tape Blade.) For the best reliability,
performance and new features update to the most recent version of the firmware.
• The adjacent blade is not a server blade
• The tape blade is adjacent to a full-height partner server blade but a mezzanine card has not been
installed, see
See the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website
components/c-class-storageworks.html

Tape Drive LEDs

Figure 17 Tape drive LEDs
1 Clean LED
2 Tape LED
3 Drive LED
4 Ready LED

Troubleshooting with Tape Drive LEDs

The meaning of different patterns of tape drive LEDs is as follows. See the HP BladeSystem
Technical Resources website
c-class-storageworks.html
32
Understanding LEDs
"Installation with a full-height partner server
for more comprehensive troubleshooting information.
Off: the drive does not require cleaning
Amber: cleaning cartridge in use
Flashing: the drive needs cleaning
Off: no fault has been detected
Flashing amber: the cartridge currently in the drive is faulty (damaged
or unsupported). Discard the cartridge.
Off: no fault has been detected
Flashing amber: the drive mechanism has detected a hardware error
Green: the drive is ready for use
Off: the drive power is off or there was a failure during self-test
Flashing: the drive is busy
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/
for more comprehensive troubleshooting information.
blade" on page 24.
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/