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26 Chapter 2
Indicators, switches, and displays
Operator panel
Table 2 Indicator LED operation
Eject button
Push the eject button to remove cartridges from the tape drive. The drive
performs the following Unload sequence:
1. The tape is rewound to Beginning of Partition (BOP) for Partition 0.
2. If the tape is write-enabled, the copy of the Tape log is written back to
tape.
3. The tape is then rewound to Beginning of Media (BOM), unthreaded
from the mechanism, and ejected.
WARNING Do not push the eject button while the LED is flashing. If you do,
the operation in progress is aborted and the cartridge is ejected,
possibly causing a loss of data.
Tape
(Activity)
LED (green)
Clean
(Attention) LED
(amber)
Meaning
Flashing slowly Off A load or unload of a cartridge is in progress.
Flashing
rapidly
Off A cartridge is loaded and a read or write is in
progress.
On Off A cartridge is loaded.
Any Flashing slowly Media caution signal. Indicates that a cartridge is
near the end of its life or that the heads need
cleaning.
Any On Fault
Flashing slowly Off Power-on (starts with two steady lights)