A-Series Tape Drive User's Guide

Chapter 3 Using Your Tape Drive
Front Panel LEDs and Tape Eject
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Cleaning
Required LED
Yellow On Cleaning is required. See Cleaning the Tape
Mechanism for cleaning information.
Off Cleaning is not required.
Eject Button Press Use the
Eject button to eject the tape data cartridge
from the tape drive. When you press the button, the
tape drive completes any active writing of data to the
tape, then ejects the data cartridge.
Note: A tape cartridge can be unloaded during an
active FTP session only by using the built-in FTP
client. Right-click within the right pane of the FTP
client window to display the
Contextual menu, then
click
Eject tape.
See the applicable data cartridge appendix for detailed
data cartridge handling procedures.
Infrared
Communication
Port
This infrared port, also known as iTalk, provides a
wireless remote testing base for customers and
integrators to access system diagnostic information.
See your Quantum sales representative for more
information.
Note: Whenever the tape drive resets, all LEDs illuminate briefly and then illuminate in sequence
until the reset completes. Whenever the tape drive encounters an error, all LEDs flash together.
LED/Button/
Port Title
Color/
Symbol Action Explanation
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