Tandberg Data
Using Your Tandberg DLT VS160 Drive
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Tandberg DLT VS160 Installation and Operations Manual
Emergency Reset
When you release the button, the drive performs a hard reset,
behaving as if it had been turned off and then on. A standard
POST then takes place.
Revert to Normal Operating Mode
When you release the button, the drive returns to normal
operation.
3.3
Using Cartridges
Your Tandberg DLT VS160 Drive reads and writes Tandberg
DLTtape VS1 Media cartridges
(Tandberg Data part
number 432637)
. Your DLT VS160 Drive can read – but not
write – DLTtape™IV cartridges previously written using the
DLT1/VS80 format.
Note
:
Your Tandberg DLT VS160 Drive automatically ejects
any other cartridge types and any cartridges whose format it
cannot read. Make sure all cartridges that you want to use for
writing are Tandberg DLTtape VS1 Media cartridges part
number 432637.
3.3.1
Loading a Cartridge
Loading a cartridge into your DLT VS160 Drive is fast and
easy. After the drive completes POST, insert the DLTtape VS1
Media cartridge into the cartridge slot, oriented as shown in
Figure 3-2, and push the cartridge gently into the drive until it
stops.
Figure 3-2: Loading a Tandberg DLTtape VS1 Cartridge
The Ready LED blinks while the drive loads the cartridge.
When the cartridge is ready to use, the Ready LED is steadily
illuminated. If the cartridge is a DLTtape™IV written using
