Quantum DAT 160 User Guide
Quantum DAT 160 User’s Guide
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Appendix A
A
Loading Revised
Firmware
Your DAT 160 tape drive includes permanently installed, electrically
upgradeable flash memory. This memory allows qualified OEMs to
revise DAT 160 firmware quickly and easily. It also prolongs the life of
the tape drive by allowing the drive to inherit leading technologies as
soon as those technologies become available.
This appendix describes how to load firmware onto your tape drive.
This appendix describes how to load firmware onto your tape drive.
Topics in this appendix are:
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Firmware Upgrade Methods
1
You can upgrade your tape drive’s firmware two ways:
• Using the diagnostic software provided on your Quantum Resource
CD or available at
This software uploads a firmware file via SCSI from your host
computer to the tape drive.
• Using Quantum OEM firmware cartridges