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Chapter 3 Operation
Blink Codes
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Blink Codes 3
Table 4 summarizes the blink codes for the LTO-3 Tape Drive.
Table 4 LTO-3 Tape
Drive Blink Codes
Drive Condition Activity LED
(Green)
Error LED
(Orange)
Status LED
(Amber)
Cleaning Request ON
Hardware error Fast
Positioning – loading,
unloading, rewinding,
spacing, or locating
Slow
Tape Active – writing,
reading, or verifying
Slow
Manual intervention
required
ON
Power-On-Self-Test
(POST) failure
Fast ON
Cleaning cartridge
present
ON ON
Cleaning cartridge at
EOT
ON Fast
Servo initialization Slow Slow
Power-On-Self-Test
(POST) in progress
Slow Slow Slow
Cleaning failure or
media error
Fast Fast
Microcode download Fast Slow Fast