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4 Managing Firmware
This chapter reviews information relating to RXT-150 firmware:
•
Firmware Overview
, below
•
Upgrading RXT-150 Firmware
on page 30
•
Updating Multiple RXT-150 Drives: User Firmware
on page 34
•
Storing Firmware Copies: User Firmware
on page 36
•
Making Sure the RXT-150 Can Access RXT Media Data: Auto Firmware
on page 37
Caution:
Stop all backup operations before upgrading firmware.
Firmware Overview
Update RXT-150 firmware when:
• Technical support directs you to do so
• You learn that new RXT-150 firmware is available
• A RXT-150 message notifies you to update the drive’s firmware
RXT-150 firmware can be copied onto a RXT media pack to make sure you have a copy
of the firmware for redundancy, and to simplify updating multiple drives. RXT-150
firmware is automatically saved as necessary to the RXT media pack, as well, to help
ensure that the drive can read data written on the pack.
Firmware Definitions
User Firmware
: A copy of RXT-150 firmware you can save onto a RXT media pack.
Purpose
: To keep a spare copy of drive firmware for redundancy and optionally to update
multiple RXT-150s quickly
.
Auto Firmware
:
A drive firmware version that helps make sure that RXT-150s can read data
on RXT media.
Purpose
: To make sure data on a pack can be read. Drives format data before writing it to a
pack. Newer drive firmware may write in a slightly updated or altered format. Every time a
drive writes to a pack using a newer format, a copy of that drive’s firmware is automatically
stored on the pack. This firmware copy is referred to as
Auto Firmware.
If you load the RXT
media pack into a drive that can’t read the data, the RXT-150 notifies you to update the drive
using Auto Firmware. All drives can read data written onto packs that have been formatted
using earlier firmware versions than the firmware on the drive.
