Quantum Audio Tape Drives A-Series - Manual (Page 33)

Chapter 3 Using Your Tape Drive
Front Panel LEDs and Tape Eject
Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide 17
Table 3 LTO-3A LED Codes
Drive Condition
Activity LED
(Green)
Error LED
(Orange)
Status LED
(Amber)
Cleaning Request On
Cleaning cartridge
present
On On
Cleaning cartridge at
EOT
On Fast
Cleaning failure or
media error
Fast Fast
Hardware error Fast
Manual intervention
required
On
Microcode download Fast Slow Fast
Microcode download
error
Fast Fast Fast
Positioning – loading,
unloading, rewinding,
spacing, or locating
Slow
Power On Self Test
(POST) in progress
Slow Slow Slow
Power On Self Test
(POST) failure
Fast On
Servo initialization Slow Slow
Tape Active – writing,
reading, or verifying
Slow