Tape Drive Led Sequences - HP EH920A - StorageWorks Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive User Manual

Table 3 Tape drive LED sequences
LED Sequence
All LEDs OFF.
Ready and Clean OFF. Drive
and Tape FLASH.
Ready is ON.
Ready FLASHES.
Ready sequence FLASHES-
ON- FLASHES.
Ready FLASHES fast.
Ready is OFF, others are ON.
Clean FLASHES.
Ready FLASHES and Clean is
ON.
Tape FLASHES.
The tape is ejected immediately
and Tape FLASHES, or Drive
FLASHES on unloading tape.
Cause
Drive may not have power,
may be faulty or may have
been power cycled or reset
during a firmware upgrade.
The drive has failed to execute
power-on self test (POST).
The drive is ready for
operation.
The drive is carrying out a
normal activity (read, write).
The drive is in OBDR mode.
The drive is downloading
firmware.
Firmware is being
reprogrammed.
The drive requires cleaning.
Cleaning is in progress.
The drive believes the current
tape or the tape just ejected
is faulty.
The tape cartridge memory
(CM) may be faulty.
Action required
Check that the tape blade is installed
correctly.
Check the System Health LED is green.
Use the Onboard Administrator to check
the status of the tape blade.
If the tape drive LEDs are still off, call for
service.
Power the server blade off and on again.
If the error condition reappears, call for
service.
None. This is normal.
None.
If the drive is upgrading firmware, do not
reset or power cycle it.
See "Running HP OBDR" on page 46 for
further details.
None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.
None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.
Load the Ultrium cleaning cartridge. See
"Cleaning the tape drive" on page 42
for supported cartridges and instructions.
If the Clean LED is still flashing when
you load a new or known good data
cartridge after cleaning, call for service.
None. The cleaning cartridge will eject
on completion.
The cleaning cycle can take up to 5
minutes to complete.
Unload the tape cartridge. Make sure
that you are using the correct format
cartridge; an Ultrium data cartridge or
Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge. (See
"Use the correct media" on page 39.)
Reload the cartridge. If the Tape LED
still flashes or starts flashing during the
next backup, load a new or known good
cartridge.
If the Tape LED is now off, discard the
'suspect' tape cartridge. If it is still on,
call for service.
Write-protect the cartridge by sliding the
switch on the tape cartridge, see
protecting cartridges" on page 42. The
tape can be loaded and the data read.
Once the data is recovered, the cartridge
must be discarded.
Tape Blade
"Write
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