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Installing the Tabletop DAT 320 Tape Drive to Your System
DAT 320 Quick Start Guide
Installing the Tabletop DAT 320 Tape Drive to Your System
Installing the tabletop DAT 320 tape drive consists of the following major steps:
•
Connecting the Power and USB Cables to Your Tabletop Drive
•
Connecting the Power
and USB Cables to Your
Tabletop Drive
Note:
The drive is not powered from the USB bus. It must be connected to the main
power supply.
A power cable is provided with your Quantum DAT 320 tape drive.
1
Make sure that the drive is switched OFF (O side down). The power switch is on the
rear panel.
2
Connect the USB cable to the USB connector on the back of the enclosure.
3
Plug the power cable securely into the socket on the rear panel of the drive and plug
the other end of the power cable into the power outlet.
Figure 7 Connecting Power
and USB Cables
4
Plug the USB cable into the USB connector on the server.
Note:
It is important to ensure that you connect your drive to a USB 2.0 port. The
drive will work on a USB 1.1 port but performance will be severely degraded.
Completing Your
Installation
To complete and test your tabletop tape drive installation:
1
Use the On/Off Switch on the back of the tabletop tape drive to turn on the drive
). The Ready LED should be
ON
, the other three front-panel LEDs should
be
OFF
.
USB cable
On/off switch
Power cable
