Product manual

Drive operation and maintenance 31
LED Code summary
The following table summarizes LED flash codes for the Scorpion 40.
LED Action Meaning
Clean ON (lit) Cleaning is required because the drive has been
operated for at least 25 hours (DDS-1 and DDS-2)
or 50 hours (DDS-3 or DDS-4).
Flashing
Slowly
The internal error rate threshold has been
exceeded and cleaning is required.
Flashing The cleaning cartridge in the drive has exceeded its
useful life. Replace the old cleaning cartridge with a
new one.
Media ON (lit) A cartridge is inserted and is not generating
excessive errors.
Flashing The drive could not write the tape correctly (a write
error has occurred). Use a DDS cleaning cartridge
to clean the drive.
Drive ON (lit) The drive is reading or writing the tape normally.
Flashing
Rapidly
A hardware fault occurred.
Cleaning the tape heads
When to clean the tape heads
If excessive dust or debris from the tape media collects at one or more of the tape
heads, your drive may not be able to read from or write to tape. To avoid this
situation, you must clean the tape heads on your Scorpion 40 in the following
circumstances:
• after every 25 hours of read/write operation using DDS-1 or DDS-2 tapes or
every 50 hours of operation using DDS-3 or DDS-4 tapes
• if the Clean LED lights up or flashes, or
• If the Media LED flashes during drive operation.
Note: If cleaning the head does not correct a flashing LED condition, try using a
new data cartridge.
How to clean the tape heads
To clean the tape heads on your drive, use only a Seagate-qualified DDS cleaning
cartridge. Seagate offers a cleaning cartridge, Model STDMCL, available from