User's Guide

Chapter 3 Installing External Tape Drives
Completing Your Installation
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Completing Your Installation 3
To complete and test your external tape drive installation:
1 Reconnect the power cord to the computer’s power connector.
2 Use the On/Off Switch on the back of the external tape drive to turn
on the drive (see figure 15
). The external tape drive performs its
Power-On Self-Test for about five seconds. When the drive passes the
test, all three front-panel LEDs should be OFF.
3 Turn on the computer.
4 Install your backup software program. The documentation that came
with your software should describe this procedure.
5 Gently insert a tape cartridge into the external tape drive’s slot. Slide
the cartridge into the slot until the drive accepts the cartridge and
loads it. A brief delay occurs while the drive identifies the cartridge
type and state, and moves the tape to the data area. Then the green
Media LED goes ON.
6 Use your backup software application to perform a sample backup-
and-verify operation. The amber Drive LED goes ON as data is
written to and/or read from the tape.
7 At the end of the operation, press the
Eject button on the front of the
external tape drive to eject the cartridge from the drive.
If you encountered any problems during this procedure, see chapter 6 for
troubleshooting procedures.
Registering Your Tape Drive 3
After you install the external tape drive, be sure to register it. Registering
your drive ensures that you will receive the latest information about your
drive, as well as other product, service, and support information. For
your convenience, you can register your drive either through our Web
site or by fax.
• If you have an Internet connection, please visit http://www.quantum.com
to register your product.