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Chapter 15—Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Device Drivers

August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library

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UPDATING DRIVE DEVICE DRIVERS

Overview Someoperatingenvironmentsrequireyoutoinstalldevice

driversbeforetheapplicationsoftware cancorrectlycommunicatewiththe

drives.Whenyouupdatethedrivefirmware,youmayalsoneedtoupdate

thedevicedriverforthedrive.

UsethefollowinginstructionstolocateanddownloadtheIBMLTOdrive

devicedriverontheIBMSupportFixCentralwebsite.

Note: YoucanconnecttotheFixCentralwebsiteeitherfromthe

SpectraLogicTechnicalSupportportalordirectlyat

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.Ifyouconnectdirectly,

skiptoStep4inthefollowinginstructions.

1. LogintoyouraccountontheTechnicalSupportportalat

support.spectralogic.com

Note: SeeAccessingtheTechnicalSupportPortalonpage466for

informationaboutaccessingtheTechnicalSupportportal.

2. SelectDownloads > Device Drivers.

3. OntheDeviceDriverspage,clickIBM LTO-2, LTO-3, and LTO-4, LTO-5,

LTO-6, and LTO-7 (IBM TotalStorage 3580 Ultrium 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) to

openIBMFixCentralinanewwebpage.

4. ClicktheSelect Producttab.

5. Selectthefollowingoptions:

 Product Group=SystemStorage

 Select from System Storage =Tapesystems

 Select from Tape Systems =Tapedriversandsoftware

 Select from Tape drivers and software =Tapedevicedrivers

 Platform=Selectyouroperatingsystemfromthedrop‐downlist

andclickContinue.

6. ClickContinuetodisplayalistoftheavailabledriversontheSelectfixes

page.

7. ClickShow Fix Detailstoviewinformationabouteachdriver.

8. SelectthedriveryouwanttodownloadandclickContinue.Ifrequired

byyourITdepartment,selecttheWHQLcertifieddriver,ifavailable.

9. Completetheremainingpagestobeginthedownloadprocess.

10. Savethefilecontainingthedrivertoaknownlocationontheserver

thatisusingthedrive.

11. Installthedevicedriverfollowingtheinstructionsinthe

documentationforyouroperatingenvironment.

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