IBM Tape Autoloader (3362-2LX) firmware update versions 2.4 - 87G0 - 88M0 - IBM System x

Download Description

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Severity: Suggested

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CONTENTS:

1.0 Change history

This describes the changes between autoloader firmware 2.3 and 2.4.

1 - Add New Sub Menu in <Configure><Restore Defaults> with two items "Restore
Passwords" and "Restore all".

2 - Add user option to use the system in a 23 slot restriction mode or to change
to a 24 slot mode.

3 - Change default to one control path with one partition .

4 - Fix condition where library hangs after DHCP set ON without network connection.

5 - Fix condition where Operator Control Panel buttons are non functional after
media export from ISV leaving I/O slot open.

6 - Fix Drive Error F1 01 when no drive found in library on System test.

7 - Fix Intermittent Contrast display troubles.

8 - Change all model type names Text Changes: “TS3100/TS3200 Tape Library” to
“IBM 2U Tape Autoloader” and "TS3100" to "33622LX".

9 - Fix condition where Remote Management Unit Not Accessible via Web Browser.

10 - Change Customer Personality Change Customer Personality from "IBM-Raleigh" to
"IBM".

11 - Fix condition where Load counters and cartridge type not crrectly updated when
cleaning.

12 - Fix condition where Cleaning of Drive 0 unloads data cartridge from drive 2.

13 - Fix condition where message "Remove License Restriction" leads to a permanent
"busy".

14 - Improve various robotic processes and functions.

15 - Fix condition where Drive Self Diagnostic Hangs on NORMAL R/W Test.

16 - Allow Creating new Remote Management Unit passwords with special characters.

Version 2.3

This describes the changes between autoloader firmware 2.2 and 2.3.

• Change default so one control path with one partition.
• Fix library hang after DHCP set ON.
• Operator Control Panel buttons are non functional after media export from some software applications leaving I/O slot open.
• Fix intermittent Contrast display troubles.
• Change all model type names Text Changes: “TS3100/TS3200 Tape Library” to “IBM 2U Tape Autoloader” and "TS3100" to "33622LX".
• Fix condition where Remote Management Unit Not Accessible via Web Browser.
• Change Customer Personality from "IBM-Raleigh" to "IBM".
• Load counters and cartridge type not correctly updated when cleaning.
• Cleaning of Drive 0 unloads data cartridge from drive 2 returning warning for destination full.
• Inventory Page not showing Dedicated Cleaning Slot.
• Robotic failure during slot to slot test.
• When in dialog "Remove Slot Restriction" the [Power] button is pushed a message box appears "Unit is busy".
• 30 days hang -DHCP On but network cable not connected.

Version 73P5

Changes from LTO3 drivesled firmware version 69U2 to version 73P5.

• Fixes a potential motor damage issue that can occur during a mid-tape recovery after a power down in the middle of tape.
• Increases the number of Log Page 16 parameters that are maintained from 3 to 6.
• Fixes perception of a stuck cartridge, by reducing the time to complete the cartridge memory write error recovery procedures before posting an error.
• A WORM cartridge may become unusable, if an uninitialized WORM cartridge was placed inside a drive and the cartridge memory was updated via a SCSI read attribute command.
• Fixes problem where Density ID, Media Type, and Media ID were not updated in Log Page 16 on a permanent Read or Write error.
• Enhances algorithm to detect servo.
• Error reporting enhancement.
• Data protection mechanism enhancement where a drive failed a write with a SCD ‘6’ and an FSC 6000 on Fibre Channel drives.
• Fix for unload error on 5v power interruption.
• Corrected problem of missing media information on subsequent log page 16 parameters with the same cartridge loaded.
• Corrects problem in log page 16 implementation where SK/ASC/ASCQ is not logged when a deferred sense is generated.
• Corrects log page 16 parameter numbering and added missing timestamp the log page 16 parameters.
• Media Format Buffer Header dataflow error fixed.
• If Host Bus Adaptor is reset after a command phase, but before a status phase the SCSI bus might hang.
• Corrected problem with Write Buffer command being rejected by LUN2.
• Improve recovery procedure when encountering a cartridge with corrupted or invalid Cartridge Memory contents.
• Corrected code problem which caused the drive to error with a FSC 601B.
• Corrects problem where a SCSI Write Attribute command issued to a new WORM cartridge that has not yet been written to, makes that cartridge read only.
• Corrects problem where a Fibre Channel drive previously having been configured via a Set Config to power up offline, powers up and goes on line.
• The drive was not correctly flushing the buffer which caused the drive to hang indefinitely.
• Fixes problem in log page 16 where the density code is set incorrectly.
• Correct problem where a permanent error occurs during Read/Write operation and the sense is reported as current, log page 16 won’t be updated.
• Corrects problem where on a Fibre Channel drive, the drive stays offline when the wrap test is invoked over the loader interface.
• Corrects problem near end of media where SCD 3 is set with an FSC 7265.
• The lifetime Power On Hours was not being correctly saved or reported.
• A Fibre Channel drive may stop communicating to a host when there are link errors, causing the drive to reset.
• Refines the reporting of lifetime media motion hours in parameter 3 of log page 14.
• Improved log counter calculation reported in log page 38.
• Fixes problem where the SCSI wrap test invoked over the loader interface may fail a good drive.
• Fixes problem causing false framing errors.
• Due to timing issues during interface speed negotiations, the drive may not be seen by the host.
• Corrects problem where log page 3C counter values were not updated until the media was removed.
• Corrects problem where wrong back hitch tape speed was selected resulting in FSC 78B5 errors.
• Corrects problem where the drive with a persistent reservation is implicitly logged out.
• Adds log page 3C to list of supported log pages in log page 00.
• Improve link reliability with certain fibre channel switches.
• In some instances when a error is recovered, the Illegal Length Indicator was not correctly reported in the sense data to the host.

Please see the CHANGE HISTORY file for further details.