Drive Status Reporting For Fibre Channel Lto-4 Tape Drives - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 Release Note

Important Information — Working with Hardware Components
Updating the Drive Firmware
Before upgrading drive firmware, make sure that your library is idle and that the
Important
tape drive does not contain a tape (loaded or ejected). Attempting to update the
firmware while the library is busy or while a tape is in the tape drive will result in
the upgrade failing and may result in failed backup jobs.
If you previously attempted to upgrade drive's firmware with media loaded, unload
the tapes, and retry the operation.
Follow these steps to upgrade the drive firmware for any LTO-4 drives in
the library. Refer to the instructions provided with the firmware and on the
Spectra Logic Knowledgebase at
for detailed drive firmware upgrade instructions.
1. If you have not already done so, update the library firmware to
2. Using the BlueScale interface, select Configuration > Drives to view the
3. Check the Tape Drive Firmware and Drivers page on Spectra Logic web
4. If necessary, update the LTO-4 drive firmware to the latest firmware
Drive Status Reporting for Fibre Channel LTO-4 Tape
Drives
When LTO-4 Fibre Channel drives running firmware version 8940 or later
are installed in the library, the LED status information shown on the Drive
Details screen always indicates that the LED is off.
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Release Notes
BlueScale10.4.0 or later. Refer to the Spectra T200, T380, and T680 User
Guide for detailed information about updating the library firmware.
Drives screen. This screen shows the current firmware version for each
drive in the library.
site at www.spectralogic.com/downloads
recommended firmware version.
version.
a. Request the firmware update file from Spectra Logic.
b. Copy the firmware to a network location that can be accessed by the
library's tape drives.
c. Use the IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT) to update the drive
firmware. You can download ITDT directly from www.ibm.com.
Once you are on IBM's web site, search for Tape Diagnostic Tool to
locate and download the software and the user guide.
Note: If you cannot use ITDT to update the drive firmware,
request a firmware tape from Spectra Logic and load it
into the drive.
www.spectralogic.com/knowledgebase
for the currently
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