Dell PowerVault LTO User Manual page 15

Table 4. SCD, Ready/Activity LED, and Fault LED descriptions (continued)
Condition of
green Condition
Ready/ of amber
Activity LED Fault LED
Off
Flashing
once per
second
Flashing Off
once per
second
Off On/Solid
Off On Solid
Off Flashing
once per
second
Condition
of white Condition of
encryptio the SCD
n LED Panel
On or Off Off
On or Off
Off On Solid
Off Flashing once
per second
Off On Solid
Condition of Meaning of LEDs and SCD Panel and
the SCD Dot SCD Dot
Off
The tape drive is reading from the
tape, writing to the tape, rewinding the
tape, locating data on the tape, loading
the tape, or unloading the tape. The
Encryption LED is On if all the data on
the cartridge is encrypted during these
drive operations. The Ready/Activity
LED also flashes green if the tape
drive contains a cartridge during the
power on cycle. In this case, the drive
completes POST and slowly rewinds
the tape. This process might take
approximately 13 minutes. The Ready/
Activity LED stops flashing when the
drive completes the recovery and is
ready for a read or write operation. To
eject the cartridge, press Unload.
Note: The white Encryption status
light is on when all the data on
the cartridge is encrypted (excluding
the label). LTO Ultrium 5 and above
cartridges only.
Off The drive is performing media
optimization.
On/Off
The tape drive is in Maintenance mode
or is displaying an error code on the
SCD in Maintenance mode option
On/Off
Executing the selected option while in
Maintenance mode.
Off
An error occurred and the tape drive
or media might require service or drive
may require cleaning.
Note the code on the single character
display, and then go to the error code
table in the troubleshooting section to
determine the meaning of the error
codes.
C
If a
cartridge must be loaded.
appears on the SCD, a cleaning
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