Chapter 3 Using Your Tape Drive
Front Panel LEDs and Tape Eject
Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide 13
Front Panel LEDs and Tape Eject
All LEDs are on the front panel of the A-Series tape drives along with the
manual tape cartridge eject button. Use these LEDs to monitor the activity
of your A-Series tape drive as necessary.
•SDLT 600A
•LTO-3A
SDLT 600A 3As shown in figure 3, the SDLT 600A tape drive front panel display has
three LED indicators that reflect the operating condition of the drive:
The left LED is dual color (green/orange). This LED is the density
indicator. When you insert a Super DLTtape II data cartridge, this LED
illuminates green.
Table 2 describes control and LED functionality.
Figure 3 SDLT 600A Front
Panel Display
Green/Orange LED
Green LED
Yellow LED
Eject Button
iTalk Port
(Cleaning Required)
(Cartridge Status)
(Drive Status)