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SDLT 600 Product Manual Chapter 5: Using Your Tape Drive
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5.5 Front Panel Controls and LEDs
All controls and LEDs are on the tape drive’s front panel. See Figure 5-2 for details. Use these controls
and LEDs to operate the tape drive and monitor the SDLT 600 tape drive system’s activities. Table 5-2
on page 5-10 and Table 5-3 on page 5-11 describe Control and LED functionality.
Figure 5-2. SDLT 600 Tape Drive Front Panel
On the SDLT 600 tape drive, the leftmost LED is dual color (green/orange). This LED is the Density
Indicator. When you insert a Super DLTtape II data cartridge, this LED illuminates green. When the
tape drive detects a backward read compatible (BRC) data cartridge, this LED illuminates orange.
(The SDLT 600 tape drive backward reads Super DLTtape I data cartridges formatted in an SDLT 220
or SDLT 320 tape drive, or DLTtape VS1 data cartridges formatted in a VS160 tape drive.)
If a DLTtape IV data cartridge is inserted, the Drive Density LED is off. Table 5-2 summarizes these
combinations.
Green/Orange LED
Green LED
Yellow LED
Eject Button
iTalk Port
(Cleaning Required)
(Drive Density)
(Drive Status)