User's Manual

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The drive has no power or is powered
off.
The drive is powered on and in an idle
state.
The drive is reading from the tape,
writing to teh tape, rewinding the tape,
locating data on the tape, loading the
tape, or unloading the tape.
Green and
solid
Flashing
green (once
per second)
Amber and
solid
Displaying an
error code.
Flashing
green (once
per second)
Off Off
Off
Off
On or off
Off
Off
Off
Off
Off On or off Off Off
Off
Off Off On or off
Off Off Off
If the drive contains a cartridge when
the drive is turned on, the drive
completes POST and slowly rewinds
the tape (the process may take up to 10
minutes). The light stops blinking and
becomes solid when the drive completes
the recovery and is ready for a read or
write operation. To eject the cartridge,
press the Unload button.
The drive is displaying an error code
on the SCD. See Appendix C for error
code information.
Ready
status light
Fault status
light
Encryption
status light
SCD SCD dot Meaning