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Status Light
The status light (1 in Figure 8 on page 23) is a light-emitting diode (LED) that
provides information about the state of the Ultrium Tape Drive. The light can be
green or amber, and (when lit) solid or flashing. Table 5 lists the conditions of the
status light and provides an explanation of what each condition means.
Table 5. Meaning of Status Light Activity
Color and Condition
of Status Light
Meaning
Off The tape drive has no power or is powered off.
Green/Solid The tape drive is powered on or (if a solid C displays in the
single-character display) needs cleaning.
Green/Flashing The tape drive is reading from the tape, writing to the tape,
rewinding the tape, locating data on the tape, loading the tape, or
unloading the tape.
The status light also flashes green if the tape drive contains a
cartridge during the power-on cycle. In this case, the drive
completes POST and slowly rewinds the tape (the process may
take approximately 13 minutes). The light stops blinking when the
drive completes the recovery and is ready for a read or write
operation. To eject the cartridge, press the unload button.
Amber/Solid The tape drive is powering on or is in maintenance mode.
Amber/Flashing One of the following applies:
v If the light flashes once per second, an error occurred and the
tape drive or media may require service. Note the code on the
single-character display, then go to Table 12 on page 53 to
determine the action that is required.
v If the light flashes twice per second, the tape drive is updating
firmware through the field microcode replacement (FMR) tape, or
the SCSI, Fibre Channel, or RS-422 interface (see “Updating the
Firmware” on page 38).
v If the light flashes four times per second, the tape drive detected
an error and is performing a firmware recovery. It resets
automatically.
24 IBM Ultrium Internal Tape Drive
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