Quantum Tape Drive SDLT 600A manual

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    SDL T 600A T ape Drive Quick Start Guide TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Identifying the Prop er T ape Drive Installation Pr ocedure ........... ........... ..... 1 Checking th e T abletop T ape Dr ive ........ 2 Connecting the T a bletop T ape D rive .... 2 Checking the Rackmount T ape Drive .... 3 Connecting the Rackmount T ape Drive 3 Configuring t[...]

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    SDL T 600A T ape Drive Quick Start Guide 2 Checking the T a bletop T ape Drive 0 T o check that the tabletop tape drive works and is not damaged: 1 Connect one end of the power cord to the tape drive power cord connector and plug the other end of the power cord into an AC outlet. 2 Power on the tape drive using the switch on the rear panel (see fig[...]

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    SDL T 600A T ape Drive Quick Start Guide 3 Checking the Rackmount T ape Drive 0 T o check that the rackmount tape drive works and is not damaged: 1 Connect one end of the power cord to the tape drive power cord connector and plug the other end of the power cord into an AC outlet. 2 Power on the tape drive using the switch on the front panel (see fi[...]

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    SDL T 600A T ape Drive Quick Start Guide 4 Configuring the SDL T 600A T ape Drive 0 The only software required on your system is t he Java Plug-in . The Java Plug-in is the virtual machine software that allows the execution of Java applets. The Java Plug-in 0 The Java FTP client needs the Java Virtual Machine to run. This Java Plug-in is provided b[...]

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    SDL T 600A T ape Drive Quick Start Guide 5 Figure 8 Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties 5 Launch a Web brows er (Internet Explorer or Firefox). 6 T ype in the IP address of the drive ( http://10.10.10.10 ) in the address line of the browser . Using the F TP Client 0 The SDL T 600A Client/FTP client allows you to transfer files to and from the tap[...]

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    SDL T 600A T ape Drive Quick Start Guide 6 •U s e F2 is support ed (allows you to edit the name of the selected file) • Right-click to see the Contextual menu (< Ctrl >+right-click under Mac OSX) • Click the column heading s to change the sorting order File T ransfers 0 The SDL T 600A F TP client allows you to transfer files from a: •[...]

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    SDL T 600A T ape Drive Quick Start Guide 7 F ormatting Media Cartridges 0 1 Insert the media cartridge into the tape drive. When the tape drive recognizes an unformatted or new media cartridge, a prompt appears (see figure 1 1 ) when connected to the FTP client. 2 Click Ye s . Figure 11 Media Formatting C AUTION : When formatting with the SDL T 600[...]

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    ©2006 Quantum Corporation. Quantu m, the Quantum log o, and the DL T tape logo are all registered tra demarks of Quant um Corporation . SDL T and Super DL Ttape are trade marks of- Quantum Corporation. O ther trademarks may be mentioned herein which belong to other companies. ) 81-81488- 02 A01 De cember 200 6 *81-81488-02 A01* 81-81488-0 2 A01 SD[...]