Scd, Ready/Activity Led, And Fault Led Descriptions - Dell PowerVault LTO8 User Manual

6. Encryption status LED. This white LED indicates all data (except for the label information) on the
cartridge is encrypted. (LTO Ultrium 5 and above cartridges only.)
Table 2. SCD, Ready/Activity LED, and Fault LED Descriptions
Condition of
green Condition
Ready/ of amber
Activity LED Fault LED
Off Off
On Solid Off
Flashing once Off
per second
Off On/Solid
Off On Solid
Condition
of white
encryption Condition of
LED the SCD Panel
Off Off
Off
C
Off or
On or Off Off
Off On Solid
Off Flashing once
per second
Condition of Meaning of LEDs and SCD Panel and
the SCD Dot SCD Dot
Off The tape drive has no power or is
powered off.
Off The tape drive is powered on or (if a
C
solid
character display) needs cleaning.
Note: If a cartridge is loaded, 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 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 will be 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 may take
approximately 13 minutes). The
Ready/Activity LED stops blinking
when the drive completes the recovery
and is ready for a read or write
operation. To eject the cartridge, press
the unload button.
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.
On/Off The tape drive is in maintenance mode
or is displaying an error code on the
SCD in maintenance mode option 9.
On/Off Executing the selected option while in
maintenance mode.
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