Seagate STT8000A manual Drive operation and maintenance, Front panel LED

Drive operation and maintenanceChapter 4

Drive operation and maintenance 4

Introduction

This chapter describes important operational procedures for the STT8000A. It covers the following topics:

∙Use of the front panel LED

∙Using cartridges

∙Loading revised firmware (updating flash EEPROM)

∙Drive maintenance and troubleshooting instructions.

Front panel LED

The front panel of the Travan drive (see Figure 4-1) contains the cartridge opening and one amber light-emitting diode (LED). This LED is lit any time that the tape is NOT at the beginning of the tape. Thus, the LED indicates tape movement.

Figure 4-1

Front panel—internal drive

DRIVE ACTIVE

(AMBER)

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