Plasmon V15 AIT Tape Library User Manual
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Monitoring Tape Drive Status
You can monitor the status of the tape drives in several ways:
•Reading the status lights on the front of the drive
•Viewing the library’s Drive Display screens
•Viewing the library’s Drive Status screens

Reading the Tape Drive LED Indicators

The meaning of the status lights differ between the AIT-2 and AIT-3 tape drives. Both are illustrated and
explained below.
Figure 26. AIT-2 Tape Drive Status Indicators
The following table describes some of the AIT-2 tape drive LED states. For a complete listing of LED
states, contact Sony. To read the LEDs you must open the library door and remove the magazine in front
of the drive.
Table 14. AIT-2 Tape Drive Status Light Conditions
LED States Condition
Busy (left) LED on SCSI activity is occurring.
Tape (middle) LED on Tape is loaded
Status (right) LED on Cartridge is write-protected.
Tape LED is flashing
(0.25 seconds on; 0.25 seconds off)
Tape is loading or unloading.
Tape LED is flashing
(3.5 seconds on; 0.5 seconds off)
Error has occurred.
Status LED is flashing
(3.5 seconds on; 0.5 seconds off)
Cleaning is required.
Busy Tape Status