Seagate 240 DDS-4 manual Drive LED

A-28 Scorpion 240 Autoloader Installation Manual

exceeded) and the write operation failed. Clean the drive heads using a Seagate-approved DDS cleaning cartridge. If you reinsert the original data cartridge and the LED continues flashing, insert a new data cartridge and retry the operation.

Note: As routine maintenance, you should clean the drive heads after every 25 hours of operation when using DDS-1 or DDS-2 tapes or after every 50 hours when using DDS-3 or DDS-4 tapes.

Drive LED

The Drive LED functions as follows:

∙If the Drive LED is ON continuously, the drive is reading or writing the tape (that is, SCSI or tape activity is present).

Caution. If you push the Eject button while the Drive LED is ON, you will interrupt any host operation, causing an application error. It may not be possible to append to the tape if a write operation is aborted in this way.

Note: If a SCSI Prevent Media Removal command has been issued, the Drive LED remains ON and the eject button is disabled so that the tape cannot be accidentally ejected.

∙If the Drive LED is flashing rapidly, a hardware fault has occurred. If this occurs immediately after powering on the drive, then the Power-On Self Test switch is enabled and a Power-On Self Test has failed. The front panel LEDs may be flashing together. If this occurs contact the Seagate Technical Support department for information. If the Drive LED is flashing rapidly during drive operation, you should attempt to remove the tape by pressing the Eject button. If the tape does not eject within 2 minutes, press and hold the Eject button continuously for more than 5 seconds. The tape should eject within 40 seconds. Contact Seagate Technical Support for more information.