Seagate DAT Drive Installation Manual
Operating and maintaining a DAT drive
This section describes how to use your internal or external
Seagate DAT drive. It explains the meaning of the various
lights on the front of the drive. It also describes how to use
and care for DAT cartridges.
LED codes
As shown in Figures 9 and 10, the front panel of Seagate
DAT drives contains two rectangular lights (LEDs). These
two indicators provide information about both normal and
error conditions. The yellow rectangular LED indicates
the condition of the tape drive. The green LED indicates
the condition of the tape cartridge.
Note. External DAT drives also contain a round,
green power-on LED on the front panel.
Figure 9
Front panel of internal DAT drive
Cartridge Status
(green)
Drive Status
(yellow)
Cassette Insertion Slot
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Eject Button