User`s guide

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Guide

Understanding LED Sequences

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Encryption LED, LTO-5

Ta p e D r iv e

The encryption LED can be blue or amber, as described in the following

table. The state of the other LEDs depends upon the activity, as

described below.

ON (blue or amber) – at power on OFF – drive is idle with no encryption

key OFF with Ready LED flashing – drive is reading/writing unencrypted

data or unloading cartridge ON (blue) - drive is idle with encryption key

ON (blue) with Ready LED flashing – drive is reading/writing encrypted

data Blue and Amber flashing alternately – encryption or decryption

error

Table 13 Encryption LED States

Encryption LED (Blue or

Amber) State

On At power on

Off The drive is idle and there is no

encryption key.

Off with Ready LED flashing

green.

The tape drive is reading/writing

unencrypted data from another

host or unloading a cartridge.

On (solid blue) The drive is idle but the

encryption key is loaded. The

drive is ready to read/write

encrypted data.

On (solid blue) with Ready LED

flashing green

The drive is reading/writing

encrypted data.

Alternate flashing, blue and

amber

There is an encryption related

error.This is cleared after unload

executes or successful

encryption/decryption resumes.