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Quantum Scalar i2000 Release Note

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Purpose of This Release

© October 2008 Quantum Corporation. All rights reserved.
Quantum, Scalar, ADIC, DLT, DLTtape, the Quantum logo, and the DLTtape logo are all registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation. SDLT and Super
DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. LTO and Ultrium are trademarks of HP, IBM and Quantum in the U.S.A. and other countries. Other
trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
Product
Operating Systems
(Remote LMC Client)
Date
Purpose of This Release ................................................................................................ 1
New Features and Enhancements ............................................................................... 2
Compatibility and Support .......................................................................................... 3
Resolved Issues .............................................................................................................. 4
Known Issues ................................................................................................................. 8
Documentation............................................................................................................. 13
Contacting Quantum................................................................................................... 13
The Scalar i2000 i6 through i6.3.1 releases include new features and enhancements
that extend its capabilities. These release notes describe these new features and
enhancements, as well as currently known issues and issues that were resolved
for this release of the product. These notes also provide drive and auxiliary
firmware compatibility information. Visit
information about Scalar i2000 and previous releases.

Release Notes

Scalar i2000® i6.3.1 575A.GS00101
Microsoft
Windows®, AIX®, HP-UX
TM
Solaris
, and Red Hat® Linux
TM
October 2008
http://www.quantum.com
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for additional
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Quantum, Scalar, ADIC, DLT, DLTtape, the Quantum logo, and the DLTtape logo are all registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation. SDLT and Super DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. LTO and Ultrium are trademarks of HP, IBM and Quantum in the U.S.A. and other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

  • Page 2: New Features And Enhancements

    Scalar i2000 i6.3.1 / i6.3 i6.2 Release HP LTO-4 FC Drive Support The Scalar i2000 supports HP LTO-4 FC drives. The LTO-4 drive increases capacity and performance levels from the previous LTO-3 generation. The HP LTO-4 drive provides industry standard encryption capabilities and incorporates native encryption, but the HP LTO-4 does not support Quantum Encryption Key Manager software.

  • Page 3: Compatibility And Support

    See the following table for information on drive and auxiliary firmware compatibility with this release of Scalar i2000. This information is current as of this product release. For the most up to date information on Quantum Global Services, please visit: www.quantum.com/support...

  • Page 4: Resolved Issues

    3. Install the LMC remote client from the Quantum website. 4. Install the AMC 4.6.2 Server and SAN manager remote client from the Quantum website. 5. You cannot downgrade the IBM LTO-4 (FC) brick code to previous code levels without following specific instructions for this process.
  • Page 5 Change Service Request Request Number Number 19617 6404: Simple release status not returned to host when persistent reserve present on target. 19816 841772 6404: IOB Reboot Reason ExcHnd - Exception Occured in Interrup Contextt 837614 19834 839406 6404: Blade can reset by Watchdog Timer if many obj timeouts occur consecutively. 841132 19872 Build script fails to deliver vxworks image when binserv is not available.
  • Page 6 768532 Automatic drive cleaning is not working. 70985 757014 Snapshots are taking over an hour to complete on Scalar i2000 libraries with multiple hosts attached 70995 757874 M2.1 picker replacements fail to initialize and will not autolevel if the library has been powered down.
  • Page 7 Change Service Request Request Number Number 69069 AMC web browser stops responding 69465 708126 Cleaning magazine assignments are not persistent across reboots 70066 722142 FC data transfer residue calculation can be incorrect 70298 Hosts are not available for configuration in the GUI, and/or GUI runs very slowly 70427 Login fails in host SIDs differ by only the least-significant byte 70703...

  • Page 8: Known Issues

    Release Notes Document 6-00424-40 Rev A October 2008 Known Issues This release of Scalar i2000 firmware has the following known issues. This list contains cumulative information for all previously released Scalar i2000 library versions. Change Service Request Request Number Number...
  • Page 9 Change Service Request Request Number Number 70621 The 7404 GUI reboot operation is slow (approximately 20 seconds). 70638 Installing EKM with IBM Java disables functioning Sun Java plug-in and i2000 RMI interface does not function after EKM install. 70591 Q-EKM enabled systems with more than 36 LTO-4 drives may fail with key/ASC/ASCQ: 4/ee/e.
  • Page 10 Release Notes Document 6-00424-40 Rev A October 2008 Change Service Request Request Number Number 64283 SDLT 320 fails firmware update using FUP tape 63936 SDLT 600 drives fail to upgrade using AMC. 63687 Changed mapping, but host continued to send commands to old devices.
  • Page 11 Change Service Request Request Number Number 42326 While performing Update Software, the library hung during power up. 33779 304086 AMC should use 802.3 standard to determine 312136 valid external IP and gateway addresses 33714 FCB eVPS map was corrupted. 304492 33306 Reservations not transferred when host port fails over.
  • Page 12 Release Notes Document 6-00424-40 Rev A October 2008 Change Service Request Request Number Number 12051 210522 The library does not support Domain Name System (DNS) for either Setup > Network Configuration or Setup > Email Configuration. 11265 Timeout definition required for Logical Library.

  • Page 13: Documentation

    Documentation The following documents are currently available for the Scalar i2000. Contacting Quantum More information about this product is available on the Service and Support website at www.quantum.com/support. The Service and Support Website contains a collection of information, including answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs). You can also access software, firmware, and drivers through this site.

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