Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide 12
Chapter 3

3Using 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).
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.