Interpreting Sait Leds; Sait Drive Cleaning Notification - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual

Chapter 12 — Drive Troubleshooting

Interpreting SAIT LEDs

The following table describes the states for the SAIT front panel LEDs and
their meaning.
Color and State
Green ALL lit (0.5 second)
then Yellow blinks across
all LEDs, from left to right,
repeatedly for 2-3 seconds
Green ALL lit only while
eject button is pressed
Amber blinking
Amber solid
Yellow blinking
Yellow solid
Green blinking
Green solid
Off
a. N/A = Not Applicable.

SAIT Drive Cleaning Notification

Whenever a tape is loaded or unloaded, the read/write heads are
physically cleaned by a brush located within the drive. Occasionally, the
drive may alert you that it requires additional cleaning flashing the
Cleaning Request LED or by notifying the backup software. When a
cleaning is required, follow the instructions in
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User Guide
Tape Motion
A brief display of these colors and states is normal during power on or
reset.
Brief and repeated displays of these colors and states is normal during
diagnostics.
The eject operation is inhibited.
Tape access in
progress (write)
N/A
Tape access in
progress (search)
Tape loaded (write
protected)
Tape access in
progress (read)
Tape loaded (writable)
No tape
to clean the drive.
Note:
Spectra Logic recommends cleaning all of the tape drives in the
library whenever you replace the air filter, whether or not the
drive indicates that cleaning is required.
If cleaning is required, use only a certified SAIT cleaning cartridge. To
order a cleaning cartridge, see
Each cleaning tape is good for a limited number of uses. Keep track of
the number of times you use each cleaning cartridge.
LED
Drive Error Tape Error
Drive error Media
error
a
N/A Media
error
Drive error Media
error
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
N/A N/A
No error No error
Cleaning a Tape Drive on
Media and Accessories on page
Cleaning Request
Error on
cleaning
N/A
Cleaning request
Clean not
completed
N/A
No request
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