User's Guide

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.