Status Leds - IBM DDS Generation 6 User Manual

Status LEDs

The following illustration shows an example of the status LEDs on the front panel of
the tape drive.
The following table summarizes the status LED functions.
Clean Tape Drive
LED LED LED
Table 1. Status LED descriptions
Clean Tape Drive
LED LED LED
Off Off Off
Off Off Off
Off Off Off
Flashing Off Off
On Off Off
Ready Eject
LED button
Ready
LED Description
Off The drive does
not have power.
On The drive is ready
for operation.
Flashing Normal operation
is occurring.
Off or The tape drive
flashing heads require
cleaning.
Flashing The drive is being
cleaned.
Corrective action
Make sure that the power
cable is correctly connected to
the drive.
If the problem remains, contact
IBM support.
No action is required.
No action is required.
Clean the tape drive heads.
See "Cleaning the tape drive
heads" on page 15 for more
information.
No action is required.
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