Chapter 3. Using The Tape Drive - IBM 160 GB DLTV4 Installation And User Manual

Chapter 3. Using the tape drive

The following illustration shows the front panel of the tape drive.
The following table describes the Power LED on the tape drive front panel.
The following table describes the fault, clean, and media LEDs.
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Table 1. Power LED description
State Description
Off There is no power to the tape drive
On The tape drive power is on, and either there is no tape cartridge
installed, or the tape is not moving.
Flashing A tape cartridge is loading, or the tape is in motion.
Table 2. LED descriptions
Fault Clean Media
— Off Flashing
slow
— — Lit
— Flashing Off
slow
— Lit Off
— Flashing Off
fast
Cartridge door
Media LED
Clean LED
Fault LED
Power LED
Description
One of the following:
v The format of the tape cartridge is unsupported.
v The type of tape cartridge is unsupported.
v The tape cartridge is damaged.
A DLT1 (DLT VS 80) formatted DLTtape IV tape
cartridge is loaded.
An error has occurred. Clean the tape drive and retry
the operation. If the problem continues, replace the tape
cartridge and retry the operation. If the problem
continues, replace the tape drive. See "Removing a tape
drive" on page 15 for more information.
Clean the tape drive and retry the operation. If the
problem continues, replace the tape cartridge and retry
the operation. If the problem continues, replace the tape
drive. See "Removing a tape drive" on page 15 for more
information.
Cleaning is in progress.
Unload button
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