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HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual

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Cause

LED Sequence

None. This is normal.

The drive is ready for opera-
tion.

Ready is ON.

None.
If the drive is upgrading firmware, do not reset
or power cycle it.

The drive is carrying out a nor-
mal activity (read, write).

Ready FLASHES.

See “

Running HP OBDR

” on page 54 for fur-

ther details.

The drive is in OBDR mode.

Ready FLASHES- steady ON-
FLASHES.

None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.

The drive is downloading firm-
ware.

Ready FLASHES fast.

None.
Do not reset or power cycle the drive.

Firmware is being repro-
grammed.

Ready is OFF, others are
ON.

Load the Ultrium cleaning cartridge. See

Cleaning cartridges

” on page 47 for

supported cartridges and instructions.
If the Clean LED is still flashing when you load
a new or known good data cartridge after
cleaning, call for service.

The drive requires cleaning.

Clean FLASHES.

None. The cleaning cartridge will eject on
completion.
The cleaning cycle can take up to 5 minutes
to complete.

Cleaning is in progress.

Ready FLASHES and Clean
is ON.

Unload the tape cartridge. Make sure that you
are using the correct format cartridge; an
Ultrium data cartridge or Ultrium Universal
Cleaning Cartridge. (See

Use the correct

media

” on page 47.)

Reload the cartridge. If the Tape LED still
flashes or starts flashing during the next
backup, load a new or known good cartridge.
If the Tape LED is now off, discard the
'suspect' tape cartridge. If it is still on, call for
service.

The drive believes the current
tape or the tape just ejected is
faulty.

Tape FLASHES.

Troubleshooting

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