Dell PowerVault LTO5-140 - Manual (Page 26)

5. Single dot. This single-character display is blank during normal operation. When a single dot illuminates and flashes on the display, the drive has created a dump of
vital technical data to drive memory.
6. Encryption status LED. This white LED indicates all data (except for the label information) on the cartridge is encrypted. LTO5 cartridges only.
Table 1. SCD, Ready/Activity LED, and Fault LED Descriptions
Rear Panel
Figure 4. Rear Panel of Internal SAS Tape Drive
1. SAS connector
2. Ethernet - not iSCSI
3. Feature switches (on bottom)
Condition of green
Ready/Activity LED
Condition of
amber Fault
LED Condition of
white encryption
LED
Condition of the
SCD Panel Condition of the
SCD Dot Meaning of LEDs and SCD Panel and SCD
Dot
Off Off Off Off Off The tape drive has no power or is powered
off.
On Solid Off Off Off or Off The tape drive is powered on or (if a solid
displays in the single character display)
needs cleaning.
Flashing once per
second Off On or Off Off Off The tape drive is reading from the tape,
writing to the tape, rewinding the tape,
locating data on the tape, loading the tape,
or unloading the tape. The Encryption LED
will be On if all the data on the cartridge is
encrypted during these drive operations. The
Ready/Activity LED also flashes green if the
tape drive contains a cartridge during the
power on cycle. In this case, the drive
completes POST and slowly rewinds the
tape (this process may take approximately
13 minutes). The Ready/Activity LED stops
blinking when the drive completes the
recovery and is ready for a read or write
operation. To eject the cartridge, press the
unload button.
Off On/Solid Off On Solid On/Off The tape drive is in maintenance mode or is
displaying an error code on the SCD in
maintenance mode option 9.
Off On Solid Off Flashing once
per second On/Off Executing the selected option while in
maintenance mode.
Off Flashing once
per second Off On Solid Off An error occurred and the tape drive or
media may require service or drive may
require cleaning. Note the code on the single
character display, and then go to the error
code table in the troubleshooting section to
determine the meaning of the error codes. If
a
appears on the SCD, a cleaning
cartridge must be loaded.
Off Flashing twice
per second Off Off Off The drive is updating firmware.
Off Flashing once
every 2
seconds Off Off Off The drive detected an error and is
performing a firmware recovery. It will reset
automatically.