Spectra T950 - UPDATING DRIVE FIRMWARE

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Firmware
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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UPDATING DRIVE FIRMWARE
Overview Wheneveryouupdateyourlibrarysoftware,confirmthatyour
drivesareusingthecorrectfirmwareversion.Drivefirmwareupdatesare
alsooccasionallyrequiredtoresolvedriveissues.Whenupdateddrive
firmwareisavailable,scheduleadrivefirmwareupdateatyourearliest
convenience.
Themethodyouusetoupdatethedrivesdependsonthetypeofdriv es
youareupdatingandyouroperatingenvironment.
Notes:  IfAutoDownloadisconfigured(seeConfigureaPackage
Serveronpage139)andasystemmessageindicatesthatthe
librarydownloadedanewdrivefirmwarepackage,use
UpdateUsingDriveUpdatethroughPackageUpdateon
page475toinstallthefirmware.
 Ifyoucannotuseanyofthemethodsdescribedinthe
followingsections,contactSpectraLogicTechnicalSupport
forassistance(seeContactingSpectraLogiconpage7).
LTO - 4 an d
Earlier
Generations
LTO-5 and Late r
Generations
TS11x0
Technology
IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT)
Touse,installtheITDTutilityonaSolaris,
Linux,orWindowshostconnectedtothe
drivestobeupdated.Theupdatetakes1‐2
minutesperdrive.
Recommended Recommended Recommended
Drive Update through Package Update
Firmwarestagesinthebackground(withno
impacttolibraryoperations)forupto8hours
forLTOdrivesandupto16hoursforTS11x0
technologydrives;then,wheninitiatedbythe
user,thedrivesareupdatedinparallel.The
actualupdatetakesupto30minutesforall
drives.
Not
Recommended
a
Available
b
Available
b
Drive Firmware Update Wizard
Requiresoneormorefirmwareupdatetapes.
Theupdatetakesabout5minutesperdrive.
Multipledrivescanbeupdatedinparallelif
multiplefirmwaretapesareused.
Available Available NotAvailable
Update Drive Firmware Utility
Requiresafirmwareupdatetape.Theupdate
takesabout5minutesperdrive.Updatesare
performedserially.
Available Available NotAvailable
a. Contact Technical Support before using this wizard to update LTO-3 or LTO-4 drives. These drive types must remain empty and idle
during the update, which may take up to 8 hours per drive.
b. Recommended if you cannot use ITDT or if the firmware was auto downloaded.