
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Guide
Understanding LED Sequences
LTO-5 Tape Drive User’s Guide 69
Encryption LED, LTO-5
Ta p e D r iv e
The encryption LED can be blue or amber, as described in the following
table. The state of the other LEDs depends upon the activity, as
described below.
ON (blue or amber) – at power on OFF – drive is idle with no encryption
key OFF with Ready LED flashing – drive is reading/writing unencrypted
data or unloading cartridge ON (blue) - drive is idle with encryption key
ON (blue) with Ready LED flashing – drive is reading/writing encrypted
data Blue and Amber flashing alternately – encryption or decryption
error
Table 13 Encryption LED States
Encryption LED (Blue or
Amber) State
On At power on
Off The drive is idle and there is no
encryption key.
Off with Ready LED flashing
green.
The tape drive is reading/writing
unencrypted data from another
host or unloading a cartridge.
On (solid blue) The drive is idle but the
encryption key is loaded. The
drive is ready to read/write
encrypted data.
On (solid blue) with Ready LED
flashing green
The drive is reading/writing
encrypted data.
Alternate flashing, blue and
amber
There is an encryption related
error.This is cleared after unload
executes or successful
encryption/decryption resumes.
See also “Encryption
troubleshooting” on page 71.
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