User`s guide

Quantum DAT 320 User’s Guide 24
Chapter 4
Operating Your Tape Drive
This chapter describes how to operate your tape drive.
Topics in this chapter are:
• Using the Appropriate Media
• WORM Cartridges
• DAT 320 Tape Drives and Encryption
• Loading a Cartridge
• Initializing a Blank Cartridge
• Unloading a Cartridge
• Write-Protecting a DAT Cartridge
• Cleaning the Tape Heads
Using the Appropriate Media
The Quantum DAT 320 drive uses data-grade cartridges, which comply with
ANSI specifications listed in the “3.81 mm Helical-Scan Digital Computer
Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange,” ANSI X3B5/89-156 standard.