User`s guide

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Guide
Troubleshooting Suggestions
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive User’s Guide 83
Tape Cleaning TapeAlert Messages 7
Tape cleaning TapeAlert messages indicate problems when you insert a
cleaning cartridge into the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive. Like hardware
failure TapeAlert messages, tape cleaning TapeAlert messages are
descriptive and straightforward.
•Orange
Error LED fast
flashing
a hardware failure condition.
Contact Technical Support to
resolve the possible problem
with the tape drive.
•Orange
Error LED fast
flashing
and:
•Amber
Status LED on steady
a failed Power On Self Test
function.
Contact Technical Support to
resolve the possible problem
with the tape drive.
This TapeAlert message . . . Signifies . . .
The last cleaning cartridge used in
the tape drive has worn out:
1. Discard the worn out cleaning
cartridge.
2. Wait for the current operation to
finish.
3. Then use a new cleaning cartridge.
that the cleaning cartridge is used
up. Discard it.
See Cleaning the Tape Drive
on
page 41 and use a new or still
functional LTO cleaning cartridge
to clean the tape drive.
The last cleaning cartridge used in
the tape drive was an invalid type:
1. Do not use this cleaning cartridge
in this drive.
2. Wait for the current operation to
finish.
3. Then use a valid cleaning
cartridge.
the tape drive does not recognize
the cleaning tape as being of a
valid type.
See Cleaning the Tape Drive
on
page 41 and use a valid LTO-type
cleaning cartridge to clean the
tape drive.
This LED indication . . . Signifies . . .