DLT VS80 Tape Drive Reference Guide

Operating the DLT VS80 Tape Drive
45DLT VS80 Tape Drive Reference Guide
Table 5 describes the meaning of the front panel LEDs.
Table 5: Indicator Activity
Indicator State Operating Condition
Drive error (amber) Blinking An unrecoverable drive error or a
POST error has occurred. Call
Technical Support.
Off No drive errors.
Ready (green) On Power to the drive.
Off No power to the drive.
Blinking (constant
period & duty cycle)
Tape is in motion.
Clean/Media (amber) Blinking
■ A hard read/write error that
is probably recoverable has
occurred. Clean the drive.
The LED is off after
completing a cleaning cycle
with a DLT1/DLT VS
Cleaning Cartridge after
loading a properly formatted
data cartridge into the drive.
Cycling the power on the
drive also turns off the LED.
■ An inappropriate tape has
been loaded into the drive.
The tape should
automatically eject.
■ The drive has exceeded 150
tape motion hours. The drive
must be cleaned. Cycling the
power on the drive does not
turn off the LED.
Off Cleaning is not required.
All three LEDs On POST is starting.
Blinking Firmware upgrade in progress.
External power LED On Power to the drive.
Off No power to the drive.