IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Status Light States, Ready Busy, Green, Amber

Status Light States

The following table explains the meaning of the green and amber status lights.

Status Lights on the 5.0GB

8-mm Tape Drive

Status

Ready

Busy

Disturbance

(green)

(green)

(amber)

The

power-on self-test (POST) is running

orOn the

On

On

system

has issued a

Reset to the

drive.

One

of

the

following has occurred:

Off

Off

Off

or

On

Ÿ

The

power

is

off.

Ÿ

The

POST has completed successfully,

but

no

tape cartridge

has been inserted.

A

tape

cartridge has

been inserted andOn the 8-mm

Off

Off

or

On

tape drive is ready to receive commands from the

system.

A

tape

cartridge has

been inserted andOff the 8-mm

Flashing

Off

or

On

tape drive is performing a tape load or unload

operation.

The

tape is

in

motion

and the 8-mm tapeOn drive is

Flashing

Off

or

On

busy

running

a device

operation.

The

8-mm

tape drive has detected an internalOff

Off

Flashing

fault that requires corrective action.

If this

occurs,

see

the following note.

The tape path requires cleaning. ReferOffto or On

Off

or

On

“Cleaning

the Tape Path on the 5.0GB 8-mm

Flashing

Tape

Drive”

on

page 2-29.

Note:

If a fault or an error condition

occurs,

first

try

to

recover by

pressin

unload button. If this does not correct

the fault, switch off the power

to th

tape

drive and then switch on the power to

the drive. If

the condition

continu

your

service

representative.

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