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Chapter 14 — Maintaining the Library Updating the BlueScale Software and Library Firmware
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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9. Ifthelibraryincludesdriveexpansionframes,determinethe
appropriateupdatemethodforyourlibrary’sconfiguration:
EtherLib EtherLibisanEthernetnetworkthatconnectsSpectraLS
controlmodulestoeachothertoincreasecommunicationspeed.Using
EtherLibsignificantlyreducesthetimerequiredforRCMfirmware
updates.
SelecttheappropriateEtherLibcompletionoptionforyourlibrary’s
environment.Thelibraryusesthisoptioniftheupdatecannot
successfullycompleteoverEtherLib.
Note: EtherLibcompletionoptionsarenotpresentifthelibrarydoes
notdetecttheEtherLibnetwork.
IfyourlibraryusesEtherLibandthisoptiondoesnotdisplay,
seeLibraryhasEtherLib,butEtherLiboptionsdonotdisplayin
PackageUpdateonpage358.
Figure 283 Select the appropriate EtherLib completion
strategy.
Selection Action
Automatically restart
update over the library’s
internal network
Thelibraryrestartstheupdate,butperformsitoverthelibrary’s
internalcommunicationnetwork.Thisincreasestheamountoftime
theupdaterequires,upto45minutesperRCM.
Do not automatically restart
update
Iftheupdatefails, thelibrary doesnotautomaticallyrestarttheupdate.
TheBlueScaleupdateisincomplete.
Note: Iftheupdatefails,examineanysystemmessagesandthe
packageupdatelogtodeterminethecauseofthefailure.Ifthelibrary
ispower‐cycled,theremaybeasystemmessagethatreferstoan
“RCMfirmwaremismatch”.Resolvetheproblemsthatcausedthe
failureandretrytheupdate.
Iftheupdateca nnot beperformedusingEtherLib,retrytheupdate
usingtheUpdate RCM controllers using USB devicemethod.