Exabyte EXB-8500c 8mm manual 2Operating the Tape Drive, Reading the LEDs

2Operating the Tape Drive

This section includes information about the following:

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Reading the tape drive’s LEDs

Setting the write-protect switch on the data cartridge Loading and unloading a data cartridge

Figure 9 shows the controls and indicators on the front panel of the EXB-8500c. (The front panel of the EXB-8500 is the same except that it has no “c” on the unload button.)

Figure 9 Unload button and LEDs

Reading the LEDs

The tape drive uses two LEDs to indicate its operating states. The LEDs indicate the following general conditions:

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The green LED indicates that the tape drive can accept a tape access command.

The amber LED indicates SCSI bus activity and tape drive error conditions

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