Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Firmware
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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Download the Drive Firmware
1. After installing ITDT, launch the program so that it creates the Input
and Output folders required during the firmware update process.
2. Log into your account on the Spectra Logic Technical Support portal at
support.spectralogic.com.
3. Select Downloads > Tape Drive Firmware.
4. On the Tape Drive Firmware page (see Figure 296 on page 477), locate
the appropriate drive firmware with respect to drive type (LTO or
TS11xx), generation (for example, LTO-5), interface type (for example,
SCSI or Fibre), and form factor (full-height or half-height).
5. Click the firmware version name in the column labeled Current FW File.
Note: The links in the columns labeled Zipped Package File and
Digitally Signed Package File are for using Package Update to
update the drive firmware (see Update Using Drive Update
through Package Update on page 480) do not select these files if
you are updating drive firmware using ITDT.
6. Use your web browser to save the file to the ITDT Input folder on the
computer where ITDT is installed.
Discontinue Background Operations
You cannot update drive firmware if the library is actively running any
background operations, including
Media Auto Discovery,
PreScan, and
PostScan.
If you do not want to wait for a Media Auto Discovery, PreScan, or
PostScan operation to complete, you can stop the Media Auto Discovery or
PreScan operation, or pause the PostScan operation. For other background
operations, you must wait for the process to complete.
Click Stop Discovery on the Media Lifecycle Management Tools screen
to stop a Media Auto Discovery or PreScan operation (see Stop the
Discovery Process on page 288).
Click Pause PostScan on the Media Lifecycle Management Tools screen
to pause the PostScan operation for one hour (see Pause the PostScan
Process on page 297).
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