Status Lights; Meaning Of Status Lights And Single-Character Display (Scd) - IBM System Storage TS2230 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

The SCD Dot turns off when you obtain a dump (by using ITDT or a SCSI
command) or update the drive firmware.
Note: If the drive dump is stored in RAM memory (SCD Dot on solid), the dump

Status Lights

The status lights ( 2 , 3 in "Front panel of the drive" on page 1-2) are
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that provides information about the state of the drive.
The Ready status light is green and the Fault status light is amber, and (when lit)
solid or flashing.
Mode
Operational
Activity (tape movement)
in Operational Mode
Maintenance
Executing Maintenance
Selection
Error Condition
Power-On / Reset
Initialization
Table 3-1 lists the conditions of the status lights and Single-character Display (SCD)
and provides an explanation of what each condition means.
Table 3-1. Meaning of Status Lights and Single-character Display (SCD)
If the green and the amber
Ready Status Fault Status
Light is... Light is...
Off Off
On Off
Flashing Off
(once per
second)
Flashing Off
(once per
second)
Off On
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will be lost when you turn OFF the power or reset the drive.
SCD
blank
blank
solid character
flashing character
solid character
random segments
and the SCD and the SCD Dot
is...
Off
Off
Off
Off
Displaying an On/Off
error code or
Maintenance
Mode Function
Ready LED (green)
On
Flashing
Flashing
Off
Off
Off
is...
Off The drive has no power or is powered off.
Off The drive is powered on and in an idle state.
Off The 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.
Off If the drive contains a cartridge during the
power-on cycle, the drive completes POST and
slowly rewinds the tape (the process may take
up to ten minutes). The light stops blinking
and becomes solid when the drive completes
the recovery and ejects the cartridge.
The drive is displaying error code(s) from the
error code log on the SCD. For more
information, see "Function Code 9: Display
Error Code Log" on page 3-15 and
Appendix A, "Error Codes and Messages," on
page A-1.
Fault LED (amber)
Off
Off
On
On
Flashing
On
Meaning