HP STOREEVER LTO 4 User Manual page 44

Table 4 Clean, Tape, Drive, and Ready LED sequences (continued)
LED Sequence
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.
44 Troubleshooting
Cause
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
None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.
Load the Ultrium cleaning cartridge. See
cartridges (page 33) 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 (page
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 Write protecting
cartridges (page 36). The tape can be loaded and
the data read. Once the data is recovered, the
cartridge must be discarded.
Cleaning
33).)