DLT VS80 Tape Drive Installation and Operations Guide
001596-01 Rev A07 May 2004 4-3
Table 4-2 describes what each front panel indicator means.
NOTE: Refer to Table 3-2, “Understanding Errors Indicated by Front Panel
LEDs” on page 3-20 for help troubleshooting your tape drive.
Table 4-2. Indicator Activity
Indicator State Operating Condition
Drive Error (amber) Blinking An unrecoverable tape drive error
or a POST error has occurred—
call Technical Support.
Off No tape drive Errors.
Ready (green) On Power to the tape drive.
Off No power to the tape drive.
Blinking (constant period & duty
cycle)
Tape is in motion.
Blinking (dual period & duty
cycle)
Reserved.
Clean /Media (amber) Blinking A hard read/write error that is
probably recoverable has
occurred. Clean the tape drive.
The LED is off after completing a
cleaning cycle with a DLT1
cleaning cartridge or after loading
a properly formatted data
cartridge into the tape drive.
Cycling the power to the tape
drive also turns off the LED.
Off Cleaning is not required.
All three LEDs On POST is starting.
Blinking Firmware upgrade is in progress.
External Power LED On Power to the tape drive.
Off No power to the tape drive.
