HP Tape manual Front panel LEDs

There are three LEDs and an eject button on the front panel of your tape drive. For more information about using the eject button, see “To unload a cartridge” on page 17.

Front panel LEDs

There are three LEDs as illustrated in figure 4.

Write Protected

•On: the DLTtape cartridge is write-protected.

•Off: the DLTtape cartridge is write-enabled.

Ready

•On: the DLTtape cartridge is loaded and ready to use.

•Off: no cartridge is loaded.

•Flashing: tape is in motion.

Caution

•On: A calibration failure or hard read/write error occurred. Try cleaning the drive with a tape approved for use in the HP Surestore DLT1 drive.

•If after cleaning, this indicator is illuminated again when you load a DLTtape cartridge: it is probable that the DLTtape cartridge is causing problems. Try a new DLTtape cartridge. If this condition persists with other clean cartridges, you can use HP Library and Tape Tools (downloadable from the web site:

//www.hp.com/support/tapetools) to help you diagnose the problem. If the condition still continues, contact Technical Support.

•Off: Cleaning is complete or not needed.

All three LEDs

•On: Power-On Self-Test (POST) is starting.

•Flashing: A POST error has occurred. For more information, see “Troubleshooting” on page 21.

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