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Certance DAT 72 User's Guide (62 pages)

Brand: Certance | Category: Tape drives | Size: 1.82 MB |

English

Table of contents

DDS-4/DAT 72

1

Copyright and Trademarks

2

Warnings

2

Precautions

3

FCC Notice

3

Contents

5

List of Figures

9

List of Tables

10

Introduction

11

Features

12

Capacity and Transfer Rates

13

Applications

13

Using This Guide

13

Quick Start Installation

14

Tape Drive Components

14

Unpacking

17

What Else You Need

18

Avoiding Electrostatic Damage

18

Installation Summary

18

Default jumper settings shown

20

Parity Checking

22

Terminator Power

22

Data Compression

23

Power-On Self-Test

24

Host Operating System

24

Recording Drive Information

25

Accessing the Inside of Your

26

Computer

26

Side View

27

Bottom View

27

Connecting a SCSI Cable

29

Checking SCSI Termination

30

Connecting a Power Cable

30

Completing Your Installation

31

Registering Your Tape Drive

32

Operating Your Tape Drive

40

Using the Appropriate Media

40

Handling Cartridges

41

Loading a Cartridge

42

Unloading a Cartridge

43

Write protected

44

Write enabled

44

Cleaning the Tape Heads

45

Understanding the Drive LEDs

46

Front Panel LEDs

46

LED Summary

47

Clean LED

47

Media LED

48

Drive LED

48

Troubleshooting

49

Missing or Damaged Parts

49

SCSI ID Problems

50

SCSI Termination Problems

50

Mounting Hardware Problems

50

Drive Does Not Work

50

Power-On Self-Test Fails

51

Computer Does Not Boot

51

Computer Does Not Recognize

51

Backup Program Does Not

52

Recognize Drive

52

Write Error

52

Hardware Error

52

Loading Revised Firmware

53

Firmware Upgrade Methods

53

Using Firmware Cartridges

54

Technical Support Information

55

World-wide Services

55

Regional Services

56

Support Services in Europe

57

Western Pacific

58

Certance DAT 72 Manual (59 pages)

Brand: Certance | Category: Tape drives | Size: 0.67 MB |

English

Table of contents

FCC Notice

3

About This Manual

4

Contents

5

Theory of Operations 35

6

Data Compression 43

6

Contents

7

Figures

8

Introduction

9

Features

11

Figure 3. External Drive

13

DAT 72/DDS-4 Product Manual

14

Specifications

15

Power Specifications

17

Environmental Requirements

20

Reliability

20

DDS Cartridge Specifications

21

Regulatory Compliance

22

Installation

23

Guidelines and Cautions

24

Default jumper settings shown

25

DIP Switch Settings

26

Mounting an Internal Drive

28

Side View

29

Bottom View

29

Ultra2 SCSI 68-pin

30

Power connector

31

Installing an External Drive

32

Connecting the Power Cord

33

Loading a Cartridge

35

Unloading a Cartridge

35

DDS Cartridge Compatibility

36

Write-Protecting a Cartridge

36

Write protected

37

Write enabled

37

Media LED

38

Drive LED

38

Clean LED

38

Cleaning the Tape Heads

39

How to Clean the Tape Heads

40

Data Compression

41

Theory of Operations

43

Write head B

45

Write head A

45

20˚ head azimuth

45

3 tape tracks

45

Motors and Control Circuits

46

Flash Memory

46

Sensors

47

Read-After-Write

47

About the Data Cartridge

48

DDS Cartridge

49

Hardware Compression

53

Data Integrity

53

DCLZ Algorithm

54

Dictionary

55

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