Dell 110T DLT1 Drive - Manual (Page 20)

Using the Tape Drive: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide
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When the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive is in use, the Ready LED indicates the three states detailed in Table 1 . The
Ready LED operates independently of the other three LEDs.
Table 1. Ready LED activity and drive status
Ready LED
Activity
Drive Status
Off No power to the drive
On Power is on; no cartridge loaded or a loaded cartridge is idle with
no tape motion
Blinking The drive is loading a cartridge or a loaded cartridge has tape
motion indicating read, write, seek, rewind, calibration, or other
cartridge activity
Indicator Activity During Normal Operation - Fault/Clean/Media LEDs
The Fault, Clean, and Media LEDs indicate the status of the drive. Note that the LEDs can indicate more than one of the indicated
operating conditions simultaneously. For example:
If cleaning is required while a DLT1 format cartridge is loaded, both the Clean and Media LEDs are on
If an internal write/read diagnostic fails as a result of a permanent write error, both the Fault and Clean LEDs blink slowly.
Table 2 describes what each front panel indicator means.
Table 2. Fault/Clean/Media LED activity and drive status
Indicator Activity Operating Condition
Fault Slow Blink (1x per second) User initiated write/read diagnostic failed
Fast Blink (3x per second) Servo or mechanism error
On Internal firmware error
Clean Slow Blink (1x per second) Calibration error or permanent write/read error
Medium Blink (2x per second) Cleaning in progress
On Cleaning required
Media Slow Blink (1x per second) Unsupported format, or damaged or unsupported cartridge type
inserted into drive
On DLT1 format DLTtape™ IV cartridge loaded
See Troubleshooting the Drive in Troubleshooting for more details on error conditions.
Unload/Eject Button Features
The Unload/Eject button provides features in addition to unloading and ejecting a cartridge. To activate one of these features, press
and hold the Unload/Eject button for the amount of time specified in
Table 3 . Release the Unload/Eject button when the desired
LED sequence is displayed.
If you do nothing for 15 seconds after accessing any of the additional features that require an action, such as loading a cartridge,
the drive returns to normal operating mode.
NOTICE: The Unload/Eject button features indicated by an asterisk (*) in Table 3 overwrite all data on the
cartridge loaded in the drive. Use extreme caution when accessing these features to avoid loss of important