Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Internal Storage System Travan 40 GB Quantum
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Quantum Travan 40 GB Intern al Storage System, P/N 50002765 , B01 , July 2005 Made in USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publication “as is ” without warranty of any kind, either expre s s or implied, including but not limited to the implied warran ties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m iii Content s Chapter 1 Introduction 1 About This Manual .......... ...................... ....................... ....................... .............. 1 About Your Travan Tape Drive .............. ....
iv Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 19 Installation troubleshooting ............... ......... ........ ....................... .................... . 19 Tape Operations Troubleshooting ................... ......
Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 1 Chapter 1 1 Introduction About This Manual 1 This manual describes h ow to install and operate your new Quantum Travan 40GB tape drive. The manu al also contains information on troubleshooting and technical support for your new driv e.
Introduction About Y our Travan T a pe Drive 2 Quantum Travan 40 GB Internal Storage Syste m About Y our T ravan T ape Drive 1 The Travan 40GB can store up to 40 Gbytes on a single Travan 40 cartridge, and features a data transf er rate of up to 240 Mbytes per minute.
Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 3 Chapter 2 2 Inst alling the Drive What Y ou Will Need 2 You will need a standard flat-b laded screwdriver and a PHILLIPS® screwdriver to install the tape drive in your computer. This tape drive must b e attached to a secondary IDE port .
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure 4 Quantum Travan 40 GB Internal Storage Syste m some other grounded object. For opti mal protection, use an electrostatic grounding strap. Do not touch any printe d circuit boards or electronic chips on your drive or in your computer.
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 5 Figure 1 Existing Computer WithT wo IDE Ports (Hard Disc Attached to the Primary IDE Port) If no devices or cables are attached to the secondary IDE port (see figure 1 ) you will need to obtain a second IDE cable for your tape drive.
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure 6 Quantum Travan 40 GB Internal Storage Syste m Figure 2 Existing Computer with T wo IDE Ports (A T API Devices on Both Primary and Secondary IDE Ports) Continue to page 7 for instruct ions on setting the master/slav e jumpers.
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 7 Figure 3 Existing computer with only one IDE port (hard di sc attached to primary port) 2 Set the master/sl.
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure 8 Quantum Travan 40 GB Internal Storage Syste m Figure 4 Second A T API Device Configured for “Cable Select” 3 Attach or remove mounting brackets Are you mounting the drive in a 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch drive bay? If you are mounting the drive in a 5.
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 9 Figure 5 Y ou may have to remove the mounting brackets 4 Mount the drive Slide the drive into an unused d rive bay until the bezel is flush with the front of the computer.
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure 10 Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 5 Attach your tape drive to the secondary IDE port Are any other devices attached to your secondary IDE po.
Installing the Drive Installation Procedure Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 11 Figure 8 Use a Mew 40-Pin IDE Cable In either case, make s u re that pin 1 on the tape drive (located next to the power connector) is connected to pin 1 on the IDE cable and on the IDE port connector.
Installing the Drive Using The T ape Drive 12 Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 7 Check all cables in your computer syst em Make sure that no cables have loos ened during the installation. Make sure that al l cables are routed so that they will not bind or become crimped when you replace the cover of your computer.
Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 13 Chapter 3 3 Operation and Maintenance Loading and Unloading Cartridges 3 On the front of your drive is an opening for ins erting Travan cartridges. A protective door covers the opening. Above and to the left of the door is the drive-activity light that do ubles as a cartridge-eject button.
Operation and Maintenance Handling T ra v an Cartridge s 14 Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m Figure 10 T o Load a Cartridge T o Unload a Cartridge 3 Wait until t he Drive-activity / Eject button light is off.
Operation and Maintena nce Setting the Write-Protect Switch Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 15 • Do not expose cartridges to temper ature extr emes or rapid changes in temperature.
Operation and Maintenance Retensioning T apes 16 Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m Retensioning T apes 3 T ravan tapes must be retensioned freque ntly to ensur e data integrity and optimize drive pe rformance. If you ever have a problem reading a tape, retensioning may solve the problem.
Operation and Maintena nce Recommended T ape Cartridges Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 17 Recommended T ape Cartridges 3 Table 1 summarizes the types of tape ca rtridges that can be used with Quantum Travan 40GB dri ves. All other tape formats are incompati ble.
Operation and Maintenance Recommended T ape Cartridges 18 Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m.
Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m 19 Chapter 4 4 T roubleshooting Inst allation troubleshooting 4 If, after installing the Travan 40GB drive, your computer does not recognize your tape drive or CD-ROM: • Make sure all cables are attached firmly.
T roublesho oting T ape Operations T rouble shooting 20 Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage Syste m Figure 12 Master/ Slave Jumpers Reconfiguration T ape Operations T roubleshooting 4 If, after a period of successful operat ion, the tape drive appears to fail during a backup or restore.
Quantum Travan 40 GB Interna l Storage System 21 Appendix A A Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product should not be disposed of with your other wa s t e.
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