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Tandberg LTO HH Installation and User Manual 13
4 Tape Drive Operation
4.1 Front LED Indicators
Figure 4.1 Status indicators (LEDs)
Drive State
READY LED
(Green)
ACTIVITY LED
(Green)
CLEAN LED
(Amber)
FAULT LED
(Amber)
LED-test.
The LEDs are turned ON in sequence
Power-On Self-Test
Starts in parallel with the LED-test .
ON
Flashing in
about 12 sec
ON
After 12 sec:
Flashing during
cartridge load
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
Cartridge not loaded. OFF OFF ON / OFF OFF
Cartridge loaded, no activity ON OFF ON / OFF OFF
Cartridge loaded, activity ON Flashing ON / OFF OFF
Cleaning OFF Flashing ON OFF
Cartridge loading or unloading OFF Flashing ON / OFF OFF
Unrecoverable drive failure ON / OFF OFF ON / OFF Flashing
Over temperature OFF OFF ON / OFF ON
Media Error (wrong, write protected or
harmed media)
OFF Flashing ON / OFF Flashing
Table 4.1 Front LED behaviour during normal operation
See Appendix A for more information on LED operation
4.2 Tape Cartridge Operation
Use only certified quality cartridges for the Tandberg LTO HH Tape Drives. Do not use worn or
audibly noisy cartridges. Cartridges which repeatedly require rewriting of large numbers of data-
blocks per track should also be rejected.