Spectra T950 - Update Using ITDT

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Firmware
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
472
Update Using ITDT
TheeasiestwaytoupdateyourLTOorTS11x0technologytapedrive
firmwareiswiththeIBMTapeDiagnosticTool(ITDT).
Note: IfyouroperatingsystemisnotsupportedbyITDT,oryou
cannotuseITDTinyourenvironment,chooseanotherfirmware
updatemethod:
 UpdateUsingDriveUpdatethroughPackageUpdateon
page475
 UpdateUsingtheDriveFirmwareUpdateWizardon
page483
 UpdateUsingtheUpdateDriveFirmwareUtilityon
page486
AfteryoucheckthefirmwareontheTechnicalSupportportalforthe
currentlyrecommendedfirmwareversion(seeDetermineWhetheran
UpdateisAvailableonpage471),followtheinstructionsinthissectionto
updateyourdrivefirmwareusingITDT.
Download and Install ITDT
DownloadITDTanditsrelateddocumentationdirectlyfromIBMʹsFix
Centralwebsite.ForinformationaboutnavigatingIBMʹswebsiteand
downloadingtheversionofITDTthatisappropriateforyouroperating
system,logontotheportal(seeAccessingtheTechnicalSupportPortalon
page493),opentheKnowledgeBase,andsearchforKBA‐01768,
DownloadingandinstallingITDT(IBMTapeDiagnosticTool).
UsethefollowingstepstodownloadandinstallITDTonacomputerthatis
connectedtothesameFibreChannelarbitratedlooporfabricasthedrives
inthelibrary.
1. LogintoIBM’swebsite(http://www‐933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/),
usingyourindividualIBMID.
2. ClicktheSelect Producttab.
3. 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 =IBMTapeDiagnosticTool
(ITDT)
 Platform=Selectyouroperatingsystemfromthedrop‐downlist
4. ClickContinue.
Important
You must use ITDT version 9.0 or later to update LTO-7 drives.