Dell PowerVault LTO3-080 - Manual (Page 23)

a green Ready/Activity LED providing information about the state of the tape drive. The LED
can be solid on or flashing when lit. See Table 1 for more descriptions.
3. Fault LED. The front panel of your Dell PowerVault LTO5-140HH tape drive has an amber
fault LED indicating the drive has encountered an error, is not in a normal operational
status, or needs cleaning. See table 1 for more detailed description.
4. Single-character display (SCD). This LED presents a single-character code for
diagnostic/maintenance functions, error conditions, and informational messages.
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 5. Rear Panel of Internal SAS Tape Drive
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.