Verify The Download; Upgrade The Library Firmware - StorageTek SL150 Manual

Update Library and Drive Firmware
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From the Release drop-down list, select the release version you want to download
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(for example 3.20 for library firmware, or HH-FC or HH-SAS for drive firmware).
Click Search.
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In the Patch Search Results table, click a row. A button bar displays.
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Click Read Me to confirm the firmware version.
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For drive firmware, make sure it is intended for the SL150 library. Note the
firmware release level. Scan the drive firmware Read Me file for lines like the
following:
Unbundled Product: StorageTek LTO-6hh FC Tape Drive for the SL150 library
Unbundled Release: 23DS
Click Download, and then within the download dialog click the file name to begin
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the download.
Library firmware is named p12345678_xyz0_Generic.zip, where p12345678
represents a part number, x represents the major release number, and yz represents
the minor release number.
Drive firmware is named 123456_01.zip, where 123456_01 represents a part
number.

Verify the Download

At the bottom of the File Download dialog, click on the View Digest Details link.
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Copy the MD5 and SHA checksums and paste them into a text file.
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Verify the integrity of the downloaded ZIP file. Using a suitable checksum utility,
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calculate the MD5 or SHA-1 digest value of the downloaded file, and compare the
result to the corresponding MD5 or SHA-1 value saved in your text file.
You can use digest (Oracle Solaris) and dgst (Linux). Microsoft offers a
commandline File Checksum Integrity Verifier utility (fciv.exe) as a free
download from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290.
If the digest value that you calculated for the file does not match the value
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displayed in the dialog, the file is corrupt and cannot be installed successfully.
Stop here, and re-download the firmware zip.

Upgrade the Library Firmware

Download the library firmware (see
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Support"
Extract the firmware ZIP (the extracted file should contain a .tar file and release
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notes).
Log in to the remote interface as an administrator.
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Select Firmware in the left menu.
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Select the Library Firmware tab, and then click Upgrade
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Browse to the folder that contains the firmware, and select the SL150_xyz0.tar
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file, where xyz0 is the four-digit form of the release number.
To install the new firmware and restart the library, click OK.
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4-8 StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library Guide
For drive firmware: Enter LTO, and then select the drive model (for example,
IBM LTO7 Tape Drive).
on page 4-7).
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