Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Firmware
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Requirements
The library must be running BlueScale12.3.1 or later generation
software.
The drives must be LTO-5 and later generation drives or TS11xx
technology drives.
Note: Contact Technical Support before using this wizard to update
LTO-2 through LTO-4 drives. These drive types must remain
empty and idle during the entire update, which may take up to 8
hours per drive.
The drives to update must be configured in a storage partition.
To update the firmware of a Global Spare, first substitute the Global
Spare drive for a drive assigned to a partition. After the Global Spare
drive completes the firmware update process, it can be removed from
the partition and returned to the pool of spare drives (see Use the
Global Spare Drive on page 403 for more information).
Download the Drive Firmware
If your library has Internet access, you can download the drive firmware
update directly from the Spectra Logic package server. The drive firmware
package is downloaded during the update process, and does not need to
be downloaded beforehand.
—OR—
Download the recommended drive firmware from the Spectra Logic
Technical Support portal, and save it to a USB device or a package server.
1. Connect to the Spectra Logic Technical Support portal.
2. Select Downloads > Tape Drive Firmware.
3. 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).
4. Click the firmware version name in the column labeled Package File
(For Staging).
Notes: The link in the column labeled Current FW File is for updating
the drive firmware using ITDT (
Update Using ITDT on
page 477) do not select this file if you are updating drive
firmware using Package Update.
If you are updating drive firmware in a library running
BlueScale12.7.05 or later, select a package ending with the
letter “s”, which indicates a digitally signed package. If you
are updating drive firmware in a library running a BlueScale
version prior to 12.7.05, select a package ending with the
letter “z”, which indicates an unsigned zip package.
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