Interpreting The Front Of The Tape Drive - Quantum SDLT 600 User Reference Manual

Interpreting the Front of the Tape Drive | A2
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This section describes the tape drive
controls as well as tape drive and
data cartridge conditions communi-
cated by the LEDs on the front of
the tape drive.
Interpreting the Front of
the Tape Drive
Title Color/ Action
Symbol
Drive Orange/ Off
Density Green
Green
Orange
Drive Green On
Status
Off
Flashing The tape drive is in use. This
Cleaning Yellow On
Required
Off
Eject N/A Press
Infrared Port
Upon reset, all LEDs flash briefly and then illuminate
Note:
in sequence until the tape drive is ready for use. All
LEDs flash when the tape drive encounters an error.
Explanation
No cartridge is inserted, or an
incompatible cartridge is inserted.
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A Super DLTtape II cartridge is
inserted or has just been ejected.
A backward-read cartridge, such as
Super DLTtape I or DLTtape
is inserted.
The tape drive is idle. The tape drive
may or may not contain a cartridge.
The tape drive has not been powered
on or is not plugged into a power
source.
includes functions such as:
• Loading and unloading tape
• Reading
• Writing
• Rewinding
• Calibrating
Cleaning is required.
Cleaning is not required.
Use the Eject button to eject a
cartridge from the tape drive. When
you press Eject, the tape drive
finishes writing data to the tape, then
ejects the cartridge.
The infrared port provides a wireless
remote testing base for customers
and integrators to access system
diagnostic information.
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