Indicator Activity During Normal Operation: Fault/Clean/Media Leds; Table 4-2. Fault / Clean / Media Led Activity And Tape Drive Status - Quantum DLT VS160 Installation And Operation Manual

Indicator Activity During Normal Operation: Fault/Clean/Media
LEDs
The Fault, Clean, and Media LEDs indicate the status of the tape drive. Note that the LEDs can
indicate more than one of the indicated operating conditions simultaneously; for example:
If cleaning is required while a DLT1 (VS80) format data cartridge is loaded, both the Clean and
•
Media LEDs are on.
If an internal write/read diagnostic fails as a result of a permanent write error, both the Fault and
•
Clean LEDs blink slowly.
Table 4-2 describes the meaning of each front panel indicator.

Table 4-2. Fault / Clean / Media LED Activity and Tape Drive Status

Indicator
Fault
Clean
Media
See Chapter 5, "Troubleshooting Your Tape Drive,"
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Activity
Slow Blink (1x per second)
Fast Blink (3x per second)
On
Slow Blink (1x per second)
Medium Blink (2x per second)
On
Slow Blink (1x per second)
On
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Operating Condition
User-initiated write/read diagnostic failed.
Servo or mechanism error.
Internal firmware error.
Calibration error or permanent write/read error.
Cleaning in progress.
Cleaning required: 250 tape motion hours
exceeded since last cleaning.
Unsupported format, or damaged or unsupported
data cartridge type inserted into the tape drive.
DLT1 (VS80) format DLTtape IV data cartridge
loaded.
for details on error conditions.
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