Spectra T950 - Page 476

Chapter 15 — Maintaining the Drives Updating Drive Firmware
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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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serv er.
1. ConnecttotheSpectraLogicTechnicalSupportportal.
2. SelectDownloads > Tape Drive Firmware.
3. OntheTapeDriveFirmwarepage(seeFigure302onpage471),locate
theappropriatedrivefirmwareconsideringdrivetype(LTOorTS11x0)
andgeneration(forexample,LTO‐4)andtheninterfacetype(SCSIor
Fibre)andformfactor(full‐height).
4. ClickthefirmwareversionnameinthecolumnlabeledPackage File
(For Staging).
Note: ThelinkinthecolumnlabeledCurrent Firmware Versionisfor
updatingthedrivefirmwareusingITDT(UpdateUsingITDTon
page472)donotselectthisfileifyouareupdatingdrive
firmwareusingPackageUpdate.
5. Useyourwebbrowsertosavethefiletooneofthefollowinglocations:
 TherootdirectoryofaUSBdevice.
Notes:  Thelibraryon l y recognizesFAT‐formatted,notNTFS‐
formatted,USBdevices.
 NotallUSBdevicesarecompatiblewiththelibrary.Ifyou
areunabletoaccessaUSBdevicefromthelibrary,removeit
anduseadifferentone.
 Donotunzipthedownloadedfile.
—OR—
 Apreviouslyconfiguredpackageserver.
Note: Thepackageserveroptionisonlyavailableifyoupreviously
configuredapackageserver.Referto
ConfigureaPackage
Serveronpage139formoreinformation.
Stage the Firmware
1. Logintothelibraryasauserwithsuperuseroradministrator
privileges.
2. IfyoudownloadedthedrivefirmwarepackagetoaUSBdevice,
connecttheUSBdevicetoaportontheLCMortheoperatorpanel
(T950Bonly)andallowtimeforthedevicetomountbeforecontinuing.