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The Ethernet interface

For instructions on obtaining a new ﬁrmware image, go to

http://www.ibm.com/support/ﬁxcentral

. To update the ﬁrmware, refer to the following sections.

Updating ﬁrmware through the host interface

When drive ﬁrmware is updated with the host interface, the procedure varies depending on whether your server uses an IBM® tape device driver or a non-IBM tape
device driver (such as a driver from Sun, Hewlett-Packard, or Microsoft).

For instructions about updating ﬁrmware from a server that uses an IBM tape device driver, refer to the IBM Tape Device Drivers and Diagnostic Tool User's Guide.

To update ﬁrmware from a server that uses a non-IBM tape device driver, refer to the documentation for that device driver.

ITDT ﬁrmware update, dump retrieval and library/drive test tool

ITDT is a tool with multiple functional capability and is a quick, convenient, and efﬁcient method for both drive and library ﬁrmware updates. As a note, both drive
and library memory dump retrievals can be completed by the tool as well.

Some of the capabilities of this tool:

Firmware update capability to all IBM LTO Tape Drive and Tape Library products.
The tool does not require any special device drivers.
The tool is available for most major platforms (Windows, AIX®, Solaris, Linux®, HP-UX, i5/OS).
The tool can upload drive and library dump ﬁles.
The tool's primary function is thoroughly testing a drive. However, if the library is online to the server/host where the tool resides, ITDT communicates with
the drive through the library to load and unload a test cartridge, exercising some library functions.
The tool scans the host bus and ﬁnds and displays for selection of all IBM LTO devices. The tool does not display and allow for selection of any non-IBM
device.
Each function has a "Help" selection that explains the required syntax and a brief explanation of the particular function.
A readme text ﬁle is posted with the .exe for a thorough explanation of initial tool download information from the web and an explanation of tool capabilities.
For more information about tool usage, see the ITDT readme text ﬁle. For more information about the ITDT site, see

http://www.ibm.com/support/ﬁxcentral

The tool is available in two editions, ITDT-SE (Standard Edition) and ITDT-GE (Graphical Edition). Information about the ITDT editions can be found at

http://www.ibm.com/support/ﬁxcentral

Updating the ﬁrmware with an FMR tape cartridge

Attention: A SAS drive requires a SAS ﬁrmware image. Other types of ﬁrmware images do not load on the SAS drive.
To update the drive 's ﬁrmware from an FMR tape cartridge:

1. Create an FMR tape (see

Function code 3: Create FMR tape

). A single FMR tape can be used to update multiple drives if the drives are the same drive type

(for example, LTO 8) and host interface (for example, SAS).

2. Update the drive ﬁrmware (see

Function code 2: Update drive ﬁrmware from FMR tape

After the drive ﬁrmware is updated, the FMR tape can be used as a data cartridge by with the "Unmake FMR Tape" function (see

Function code 8: Unmake FMR

tape

The SCD presents a series of random characters during the ﬁrmware download and update. The SCD briefly displays , then becomes blank (not lit) when the
ﬁrmware download and update is complete and there are no errors. An error code is displayed if a ﬁrmware download or update error is detected. The Ready light
and the Fault light flash briefly during the ﬁrmware download and update. The Ready light turns on after the ﬁrmware download and update are complete.

Updating the ﬁrmware with the Ethernet port - Service only

Note: The drive uses a limited version of FTP protocol to communicate on the Ethernet interface. Use a simple, command-line FTP session, such as the DOS
command line, to communicate with the drive.

1. Obtain the current drive ﬁrmware from the web.
2. Connect an Ethernet patch cable to the drive's Ethernet interface and to a computer. To meet electromagnetic immunity requirements, a shielded Ethernet

cable is required.

3. Create an FTP session between the drive and the computer. The drive 's IP address: 169.254.0.3
4. At the user prompt, type

guest

and press Enter.

5. At the password prompt, press Enter. No response is needed.
6. Type

bin

to set the communication mode to binary.

7. Type

put <firmware name>

to transfer the ﬁrmware to the drive. Replace

with the actual ﬁrmware name. The drive resets

automatically when the transfer is complete and the FTP session closes.

8. After the drive resets, the new ﬁrmware is loaded on the drive.
9. Remove the Ethernet patch cable from the drive's Ethernet interface and the computer.

Registering for My Support

My Support registration provides email notiﬁcation when new ﬁrmware levels are updated and available for download and installation.

To register for My Support, visit the web at

http://www.ibm.com/support/mySupport

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