DAT Drives: Interpreting the Front Panel

[HP SURESTORE DAT USER'S GUIDE]

Interpreting the Front Panel Lights

The front panel of your HP SureStore DAT drive has two lights (LEDs), Tape and Clean, as shown below.

[FRONT PANEL ON DAT DRIVE]

	The Tape light flashing slowly means Cartridge loading or unloading Self-test in progress
	The Tape light and Clean light flashing alternately means Tape drive in disaster recovery mode, restoring operating system
	The Tape light on steadily means Cartridge loaded, drive ready
	The Tape light flashing rapidly means Cartridge loaded, activity occurring
	The Clean light on steadily is the Error Condition Signal. HP SureStore DAT drives perform a comprehensive self-test during power-up. If a hard error causes the self-test to fail, the clean light changes to steady amber. If this happens, call for service.
	The Clean light flashing is the Media Caution Signal. If the media caution signal appears: Wait for the current operation to finish, then insert a different tape and repeat the operation that was being performed. If the media caution signal does not show this time, it indicates that the original cartridge was nearing the end of its useful life. Copy any data you want to keep from the original tape onto a new tape if possible, then discard the old tape. If the media caution signal appears again with the second tape, the tape heads need cleaning. If the media caution signal appears after using a cleaning cartridge, the cleaning cartridge has probably expired and should be discarded.