Drive Status - Quantum Scalar 218FC User Manual

Drive Status

After completion of the drive POST and initialization, each drive will be in one of the four states listed
in the following table:
Drive State
1. No cartridge is present
2. A cartridge is present
and the handle is closed.
3. A cartridge is present,
but the handle is open.
4. The drive detects an
error condition.
The drive POST completes in about 13 seconds on each drive, and the drives will respond normally to
all commands. However, it may take longer for the media to become ready.
58 Operation and Maintenance
Indicator Displays and Actions
A. The Tape in Use LED turns OFF.
B. The Operate Handle LED turns ON.
C. The handle is unlatched.
D. The drive beeps momentarily.
The drive loads the cartridge. When the Tape in Use LED stops
blinking and stays ON, the tape's actual density lights. For example, if
the actual tape density is 2.6, then the LED turns ON next to the 2.6
label. When the Density Override LED blinks, you can select a
density. The drive is ready for use.
The Tape in Use LED turns OFF. The Operate Handle LED
flashes. The Scalar Library will close the handle and the drive will load
the cartridge. When the Tape in Use LED stops blinking and stays
ON, the tape's actual density lights. For example, if the actual tape
density is 2.6, then the LED turns ON next to the 2.6 label. When the
Density Override LED blinks, you can select a density. The drive is
ready for use.
Then all right or left side LEDs blink repeatedly. You may try to
unload the tape and reinitialize the drive by pressing the Unload key
or turn power OFF and then ON again. The right or left side LEDs stop
blinking and the drive tries to reinitialize. The LEDs turn ON steadily
again and then turn OFF if the test succeeds.