IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Ready, Led

Status Light States

The

following

tables

explain

the

meaning

of

the green and amber status lights.

Ready

(green)

Read-Write

(green)

Disturbance

(amber)

Off

No

cartridge

installed

Noor cartridge or no

activityNo

error condition

error

condition

Steady

Cartridge

installed

or

Cleaning

required

or

worn

loading/unloading

media

Flashing

Power-on self- test in Cartridge activity

Error

condition

progress

Status

Lights

on

the

4.0GB

4-mm

Tape

Drive

Status

Ready

Read-Write

Disturbance

(green)

(green)

(amber)

LED

test.

On

2

On 2

On 2

seconds

at

seconds

at

seconds

at

power

on

power

on

power

on

The power-on self-test (POST) is running

orFlashingthe

Off

Off

Diagnostic

Cartridge

is

running.

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

loaded.

A tape cartridge has been inserted

andOn

the

4-mm

Off

Off

or

ON

Tape

Drive

is

Ready

to

receive commands

from

the

system.

The

tape

is in motion and the 4-mm

TapeOn

Drive

is

Flashing

Off

or

On

running

a device

operation

or

cleaning.

The 4-mm Tape Drive has detected an

internalOff

Off

Flashing

error that requires corrective action such as tape

cartridge failure, high humidity, or no SCSI

terminator.

Refer to the service guide

or

contact

your service representative. (See note

below)

The

tape

path

requires

cleaning

or

a

Offpoor

orqualityOn

Off

or

On

tape cartridge is being used.

See

“Cleaning

the

Flashing

Tape

Path

on the 4.0GB 4-mm Tape

Drive”

on

page

2-41.

Note:

If

an error condition occurs, first

try

to

recover

by

pressing

the

unload button

If

this

does

not

correct

the

error,

switch

off

the

power

to the

4-mm

tape drive a

then switch on the power to the drive. If the condition continues, call your service representative.

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