HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 18)

Operation
5243 Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 542758-003
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Front Panel
There are two LEDs, labeled Tape and Clean. Table 3-1 shows the meaning of
different patterns of LEDs.
Table 3-1. Tape Drive LEDs
Tape LED Clean LED Meaning
On Off The cartridge is loaded, and the tape drive is
ready.
Flashing
Slowly Off The cartridge is loading or unloading, or self-
test is in progress.
Flashing
Rapidly Off The cartridge is loaded, and activity is
occurring.
Off or
Flashing On This is the Error Condition Signal. The tape
drive performed a comprehensive self-test
during power-up. If a hard error causes the self-
test to fail, the clean light changes to steady
amber.
Off or
Flashing Flashing
Slowly This is the Media Caution Signal.
1. Wait for the current operation to finish.
Then insert a different tape and repeat the
operation that was being performed.
2. If the Media Caution Signal does not
appear this time, it indicates that the
original cartridge was nearing the end of its
useful life. Copy any data you want to keep
from the original tape onto a new tape if
possible. Then discard the old tape.
3. If the Media Caution Signal appears again
with the second tape, the tape heads need
cleaning.
4. If the Media Caution Signal appears after
using a cleaning cartridge, the cleaning
cartridge has probably expired and should
be discarded.
Flashing
Slowly Flashing
Slowly When the two LEDs flash alternately, the tape
drive is in disaster recovery mode.