User`s guide

Chapter 5 Understanding the Drive LEDs
Drive LED
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Table 11 Drive LED
LED Status Description
ON continuously The drive is reading or writing the tape (SCSI or
tape movement is present).
Flashing rapidly A hardware fault occurred. If the fault occurs
immediately after powering on the drive, the
Power-On Self-Test switch (switch 4) is enabled
and a Power-On Self-Test has failed. If the front
panel LEDs are flashing together, contact the
Technical Support department.
If the Drive LED is flashing rapidly during drive
operation, press the Eject button to remove the
tape. If the tape does not eject within 2 minutes,
press and hold the Eject button for more than 5
seconds. The tape should eject within 40 seconds.
Contact Technical Support for more information.
Note: If your backup software issues a SCSI
Prevent Media Removal
command, the
Drive LED remains ON and the Eject button is
disabled, so that the tape cannot be ejected accidentally. To
eject the tape, use your backup software’s
Eject command.