Chapter 3
Using Your Tape Drive
This chapter provides information about the LEDs and buttons on the front panels of the A-Series tape drives, A-Series data cartridges, formatting tape media cartridges, updating the firmware, cleaning the A-Series tape mechanism, and troubleshooting.
For information on the A-Series FTP file server, see the Quantum A-Series FTP File Server User’s Guide (81-81800-0x).
This chapter covers the following topics:
•Front Panel LEDs and Tape Eject describes the functionality of the front panel controls and LEDs.
•A-Series Data Cartridges provides information about write protecting, loading and unloading, and data cartridge care and maintenance.
•Power On Self-Test (POST) Troubleshooting provides basic troubleshooting information.
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