Your Hp Storageworks Vs160 Tape Drive - HP VS160 - StorageWorks DLT Tape Drive Troubleshooting Manual

Your HP StorageWorks VS160 tape drive

Your HP StorageWorks VS160 tape drive has a Power LED and four LEDs (light emitting
diodes) on the front panel which indicate drive status, and an eject button. The LEDs provide
useful troubleshooting information. See also "Understanding the LEDs" on page 34. See
page 19 for more information about using the eject button in normal operation.
Front panel LEDs
There are four LEDs as illustrated in the diagram. (See Figure 8.)
Ready - far left, green
• On, green: power is on and the drive is ready for use
On, blinking:
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• Off: no power to the tape drive
Note The Power LED also indicates that power is on.
Fault - left, amber
• On: internal firmware error
• Slow blink (1 per second): user-initiated write/read diagnostic failed
• Fast blink (3 per second): servo or mechanism error
Clean - right, amber
• On: cleaning is required
• Medium blink (2 per second): cleaning in progress
• Slow blink (1 per second): calibration error or permanent write/read error
Media - far right, green
• On: DLT1 (VS80) format DLTtape IV cartridge loaded (you can read, but not write to, this
cartridge)
• Slow blink: unsupported format or damaged cartridge
Eject button
Use the eject button to eject the tape cartridge from the drive. When you press the button, the
drive completes any active writing of data to the tape, then ejects the cartridge. You can also
use the eject button to perform an emergency reset or to put the drive into code update mode,
see "Unload/Eject Button Functions" on page 37.
the drive is busy
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