Loading And Unloading Cartridges; Inserting Cartridges; Figure 5-3 Inserting A Data Cartridge (Into A Dat 160 External Drive) - Tandberg Data DAT 160 User Manual

Chapter 5–Operating your tape drive

Loading and unloading cartridges

Inserting cartridges

DAT SCSI Tape Drives
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1. Insert a cartridge into the slot on the front panel. As the cartridge is
inserted, the drive takes it and performs a load sequence.
Note: The illustration shows a DAT 160 cartridge. These
cartridges are wider than earlier-format DDS
cartridges and can only be used with DAT 160 tape
drives. See
information about tape drive and cartridge
compatibility.
1. cartridge slot
2. arrow indicates leading direc-
tion

Figure 5-3 Inserting a data cartridge (into a DAT 160 external drive)

2. DAT 160 tape drives: The Ready light flashes green while the drive
performs its load sequence. When the cartridge is loaded, the Ready
light shows steady green.
DAT 72 tpe drives: The Tape light flashes green while the drive
performs its load sequence. When the cartridge is loaded, the Tape
light shows steady green.
"Data cartridges" on page 39 for more
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