Chapter 3 Operation

Blink Codes

Blink Codes

Table 4 summarizes the blink codes for the LTO-3 Tape Drive.

Table 4 LTO-3 Tape Drive Blink Codes

Drive Condition

Activity LED

Error LED

Status LED

 

(Green)

(Orange)

(Amber)

 

 

 

 

Cleaning Request

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

Hardware error

 

Fast

 

 

 

 

 

Positioning – loading,

Slow

 

 

unloading, rewinding,

 

 

 

spacing, or locating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape Active – writing,

Slow

 

 

reading, or verifying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual intervention

 

ON

 

required

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power-On-Self-Test

 

Fast

ON

(POST) failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning cartridge

ON

 

ON

present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning cartridge at

ON

 

Fast

EOT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Servo initialization

Slow

 

Slow

 

 

 

 

Power-On-Self-Test

Slow

Slow

Slow

(POST) in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning failure or

 

Fast

Fast

media error

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microcode download

Fast

Slow

Fast

 

 

 

 

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