Write-Protecting A Cartridge; Led Codes; Figure 18. Write-Protect Tab On A Dds Cartridge; Figure 19. Front Panel Of Internal Scorpion 40 (External Drive Is Similar) - Seagate STD2401LW-S Product Manual

Drive operation and maintenance

Write-protecting a cartridge

LED codes

Figure 18 shows how to write-protect or write-enable a DDS tape using the sliding
write-protect tab. You can only write data to the tape when the tab is in the write-
enabled (closed) position.
Write enabled

Figure 18. Write-protect tab on a DDS cartridge

As shown in Figure 19 below, the front panel of the Scorpion 40 contains three
LEDs. These LEDs provide information about both normal and error conditions. The
external Scorpion 40 also includes a green power-on LED on the front panel.
Clean Media
LED LED

Figure 19. Front panel of internal Scorpion 40 (external drive is similar)

Write protected
Drive
LED
Eject
Button
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