Function Code 2: Update Tape Drive Firmware From Fmr Tape; Update Tape Drive Firmware From Fmr Tape - IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 3580 L23 Setup And Operator Manual

Function Code 2: Update Tape Drive Firmware from FMR Tape

Attention: When updating drive firmware, do not power-off the 3580 Ultrium 2
Tape Drive until the update is complete or the firmware may be lost.
Function Code 2 loads updated drive firmware from a field microcode replacement
(FMR) tape. After the update is complete, activate the new firmware by turning the
power off, then on again.
1. Make sure that no cartridge is in the drive.
2. Make sure that the following message appears on the message display (you
3. Within two seconds, press the unload button 3 times. The status light becomes
4. Press the unload button once per second until 2 appears in the single-character
5. Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to select
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may need to turn the power off, then on again for the message to appear):
solid amber and the following message displays (indicating that the tape drive
is in maintenance mode):
Note: If a cartridge is in the tape drive, it will eject the first time that you press
the unload button and the drive will not be placed in maintenance
mode. To continue placing the drive in maintenance mode, perform the
preceding step.
display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code,
press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.)
the function. Immediately after the following message displays, insert the FMR
tape cartridge (or the tape drive exits maintenance mode).
After you insert the FMR tape cartridge, the flashing C in the single-character
display changes to 2 and the following message displays:
followed by:
The tape drive loads the updated firmware from the FMR tape into its erasable
programmable read-only memory (EPROM) area.