VXA2 Tape Drive Firmware Update - IBM System x

Download Description

• New IBM xSeries firmware and device driver file naming convention

Note: You now have two ways of downloading files with the *.sh extension. You can use either the IBM Download Director, or the HTTP protocol to download these files. Do NOT use FTP as this will only cause the file to open your browser.

Severity: Suggested

Change history

Version 2152 to version 2153

• Ensure cartridge ejected during overtemp.
• Correct intermittent invalid media results during Internal Selftest.
• When tension time is updated, update the power-on time as well so that the values displayed in the log will have matching values if taken before the drive is unloaded.
• Added extended sense byte 44 for EXPCLN (last cleaning tape was expired is bit = 1) and sense byte 46 for DRVTEMP (current drive temperature as a hex value in centigrade).
• A change added in VXA-2 V2130 code which was also picked up in VXA-3 code to ignore certain packets under all conditons and normal packets under certain conditions to address a filemark retry problem that was introduced in VXA-2 code version V210D created a problem for some sequences of data and filemark blocks where the code would ignore so many packets that it would never be able to establish its position on tape and would eventually fail a Space operation.

Version 2142 to version 2152

• Internal Self Test will timeout during a load when X23 media is loaded from Physical End Of Tape.
• Corrects Internal Self Test abort issues caused by Unload button.
• Correct Tape unload issues for certain servo errors.
• Fixes some issues with aborting of commands.
• Add current temperature output in the VXA log summary.
• Distinguish between manual/SCSI load/unload operations in the hard FSC table: 1B=SCSI load; FB= SCSI unload; FC= manual inject; FD= manual eject button.
• Fix issue where Worn tape at start of user data region not recognized when writing from Logical Beginning Of Partition.
• Internal Self Test results in LED’s being lost when attempting to run on a cleaning tape.