Chapter 3: DLT VS80 Installation

If the LEDs on the front panel act differently than described in “Testing Your Tape Drive” on

page 3-18, the tape drive is not working properly. Table 3-2helps you troubleshoot problems with the tape drive:

Table 3-2.Understanding Errors Indicated by Front Panel LEDs

Symptom

Problem

Solution

 

 

 

None of the tape drive’s

The tape drive is not

Check the tape drive’s power cable. If you have

LEDs illuminate.

receiving power.

a tabletop tape drive, check the power cable

 

 

connections. Plug the power cable into a

 

 

different power outlet.

 

 

 

All of the LEDs on the front

An internal tape drive fault

Reset the tape drive by holding the Unload

panel blink continually.

has occurred.

button down for six seconds or until all three

 

 

LEDs are illuminated. Release the Unload

 

 

button when the reset process begins.

 

 

Power the tape drive off and then on again.

 

 

If it is an internal tape drive, shut down and

 

 

power off the host server or workstation,

 

 

then power it back on and allow it to go

 

 

through its initialize process.

 

 

Call technical support if POST continues to

 

 

fail.

 

 

 

The host server or

The tape drive’s SCSI ID

Change the tape drive’s SCSI ID:

workstation does not

might not be unique.

1. Shut down and power off the host server or

recognize the tape drive.

 

workstation.

 

 

2. Power off the tape drive.

 

 

3. Change the tape drive’s SCSI ID. Refer to

 

 

pages page 3-4and page 3-11for

 

 

information on selecting the proper SCSI

 

 

ID.

 

 

4. Power on the tape drive.

 

 

5. Power on the host server or workstation.

 

 

Ensure that all devices on the SCSI bus are LVD

 

 

or SE.

 

 

 

 

The SCSI host bus adapter

Check the SCSI host bus adapter configuration.

 

might be incorrectly

Refer to the SCSI host bus adapter manuals for

 

configured.

instructions.

 

 

 

 

The SCSI cable might be

Check both ends of the SCSI cable, for both the

 

loose.

tabletop and internal tape drives.

 

 

 

 

The SCSI terminator might

Tabletop tape drive: make sure the

 

be loose or missing.

terminator is properly seated on the open

 

 

SCSI connector on the rear panel of the tape

 

 

drive or on the last device on the SCSI bus.

 

 

Internal tape drive: make sure an LVD/SE

 

 

terminator is in place on the end of the SCSI

 

 

cable for the tape drive.

 

 

 

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