Blink Codes; Table 3. Lto-2 Tape Drive Blink Codes - Certance LTO-2 Online User's Manual

Operation

Blink Codes

Table 3 below summarizes the blink codes for the LTO-2 tape drives.

Table 3. LTO-2 Tape Drive Blink Codes

Drive Condition
Cleaning Request
Hardware error
Positioning – loading, unloading,
rewinding, spacing, or locating
Tape Active – writing, reading, or
verifying
Manual intervention required
Power On Self Test (POST) failure
Cleaning cartridge present
Cleaning cartridge at EOT
Servo initialization
Power On Self Test (POST) in
progress
Cleaning failure or media error
Microcode download
Microcode download error
NOTE: In Table 3 on page 26, ON refers to a constant light; slow refers to a blink rate of 1/2
second on, 1/2 second off; and fast refers to a blink rate of 1/8 second on, 1/8 second off.
Activity LED (Green) Error LED (Orange)
Fast
Slow
Slow
ON
Fast
ON
ON
Slow
Slow Slow
Fast
Fast Slow
Fast Fast
Blink Codes
Status LED (Amber)
ON
ON
ON
Fast
Slow
Slow
Fast
Fast
Fast
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