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Use Service Library → Firmware Update → Update Library Firmware to update the
library firmware. Administrator and Service users can use the Update Library
Firmware command to download firmware to the library. Updating library firmware
can be performed only from the Web User Interface.
To update library firmware:
1. Download the latest level of library firmware to your host computer by visiting
2. From the Web User Interface, select Service Library → Firmware Update →
3. Browse to the file on your computer, select the ".ffr" file that was downloaded
4. Wait for the library to reboot before resuming normal library operations. It will
Important: After the update process starts, you must wait until the library reboots.
Updating Drive Firmware
Drive firmware is best updated using the drive's application Fibre Channel interface.
A very fast method to load drive code is using ITDT from your host computer (see
"Using the IBM TotalStorage Diagnostic Tool (ITDT)" on page 7-22). There are other
tools readily available to facilitate this process, such as NTUTIL and TapeUTIL.
Using the Web User Interface
Figure 7-23. Drive firmware update screen
Use Service Library → Firmware Update → Update Drive Firmware to update drive
firmware. Administrator and Service users can use the Update Drive Firmware
command to download firmware to the drive.
To update drive firmware:
1. Download the latest level of drive firmware to your host computer by visiting
2. From the Web User Interface, select Service Library → Firmware Update →
3. Select a drive media and interface type.
4. Select the drive(s) to be updated.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/index.html.
Update Library Firmware.
from the IBM web site, then click Update. The Web User Interface will indicate
that the operation has completed. This means that the firmware file has been
successfully moved from the host computer to the library. It takes approximately
2 minutes to update the library firmware.
be several minutes before the library reboots.
Do not attempt to interrupt the process in any way, or the upgrade will
not be successful.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/index.html.
Update Drive Firmware.
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