Spectra Logic DAStape 100 Manual

FirmwareHistory
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FirmwareHistory
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Notices
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damages arising from any defect or error.
Information furnished in this Firmware History Document is believed to be accurate
and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Spectra Logic Corporation for
its use. Due to continuing research and development, Spectra Logic Corporation may
revise this publication from time to time without notice, and reserves the right to
change any product specification at any time without notice.
Copyright © 2006 Spectra Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Contents
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Notices.......................................................... 2
Spectra2KLibraryFirmwareHistory................................. 5
Firmware Level T1020.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Firmware Level T1019.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Firmware Level T1018.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Firmware Level T1017.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Firmware Level T1016.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Firmware Level T1015.00 and TE1015.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Firmware Level T1014.00 and TS1014.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Firmware Level 1010.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Firmware Level 1008.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Firmware Level 1007.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Firmware Level 1005.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Firmware Level 1004.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Firmware Level 1002.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Firmware Level 1002.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Firmware Level 1001.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Firmware Level 1000.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Firmware Level 1000.09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Firmware Level 1000.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Firmware Level 1000.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Firmware Level 1000.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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FibreChannelandEthernetFirmwareHistory ....................... 15
Firmware Level: 4.2.82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Firmware Level: 4.2.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Firmware Level: 4.2.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Firmware Level: 4.2.25.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Firmware Level: 4.1.37.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Firmware Level: 4.1.37.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Firmware Level: 4.1.35.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Firmware Level: 4.1.33.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Firmware Level: 4.1.31.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Firmware Level: 4.1.28.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Firmware Level: 4.1.8.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Firmware Level: 4.0.0.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Firmware Level: 3.0.1.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Firmware Level: 3.0.1.24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Firmware Level: 3.0.1.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Firmware Level: 2.20.1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Firmware Level: 2.25.0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Spectra2KLibraryFirmwareHistory
This section documents firmware from July 1997 (initial release) through 2004.
For information on firmware released after 2004, see the Release Notes for your
product, which are available on Spectra Logic’s web site.
To make sure that you have the most current versions of all product documentation,
check the electronic versions available on the Spectra Logic Web site at:
http://www.spectralogic.com/support/index.cfm/fuseaction/
displayProductDocs.
Note: You must disable backup software or disconnect the host before
performing a firmware update.
FirmwareLevelT1020.00
Released:November2002
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Library no longer answers good to several LUNS. This was causing multiple
libraries to show to host.
• Stopped the carousel from occasionally hitting picker when rotating.
• Short Axis Robotics Error no longer appears with M2 drive firmware version V07.

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FirmwareLevelT1019.00
Released:July2002
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Fixed 30-slot over rotation problem.
FirmwareLevelT1018.00
Released:April2002
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• The TCM code now has volume tag support.
FirmwareLevelT1017.00
Released:March2002
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Serialization data is now returned correctly.
• Added CoD support.

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FirmwareLevelT1016.00
Released:December2001
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• AIT-3 Support (SDX-700C).
• Added new manufacturing tests.
• Fixed problem where inventory was corrupted if door open during initialization.
• This is required firmware for AIT-3 Treefrogs, but is not required for other
Treefrogs.
FirmwareLevelT1015.00andTE1015.00
Released:July2001
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Host initiate unload command now performs the correct set of steps in stacker
mode (The robot moves the tape to the highest available slot and then gets the
next highest tape and puts it in the drive).
• Unit no longer hangs when receiving a reset during a non-immediate command.
FirmwareLevelT1014.00andTS1014.00
Released:May2001
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Fixes inquiry string problem with SDX 500c tape drive reporting as Sony SDX
300c.

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FirmwareLevel1010.00
Released:January2001
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Corrects length mismatch in call to test LunFlgLink.
• Corrects read element status returns.
• Request sense now returns correct data.
• Corrects barcode scanner sweep problems.
• Corrects jams when picker jaws are extended.
• Ecrix VXA-1 and Exabyte Mammoth2 drives now supported.
• Fixes picker problems created by implementation of new drives.
FirmwareLevel1008.00
Released:May2000
ImprovementsandRepaireddefects
• Jaws no longer slipping off tapes causing short axis retries to accumulate beyond
acceptable levels.
• Corrects long axis re-calibration.
FirmwareLevel1007.00
Released:November1999
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Corrects problems with Dantz Retrospective software - read element status not
returning data if less than requested available.
• Returns move error if drive reports error on unload command.

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FirmwareLevel1005.00
Released:September1999
ImprovementscontainedinVersion1005.00
• Integrates AIT configurations.
• Adds support for drive S/N in read element status.
• Fixes reserve command breaks mode sense-detection problem in BackUpExe.
FirmwareLevel1004.00
Released:June1999
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Corrects problem when library disconnected from drive.
• Adds AIT 2 support.
• Disconnected command now aborting on SCSI reset.
• Changes copyright to 1999.
• Supports fan control for TCM-3.
• Corrects problem with multiple initiators.
• Changes park problem with tapeware time-out on read element status.
FirmwareLevel1002.02
Released:February1999
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• Odds unload drive returns 02,30,00.
• Force code selects slot count when rotary flag is set
• Corrects stacker mode key switch problem.

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FirmwareLevel1002.00
Released:January1999
ImprovementsandRepairedDefects
• No longer fails to put tape in bottom drive.
• Correctly detects upside down tape during initialization.
• Changes all non-media movement SCSI commands to not disconnect.
• Resets stacker mode on door open.
• Allows stacker mode to do an inventory sweep before move attempt.
• Corrects manual stack operation problems.
• Stacker mode now stops on last tape.
• Corrects stacker mode parks between moves.
• Corrects short axis recalls on door open/close.
• Changes SCSI to polling and integrates soft reset.
• Makes barcode retry operation window smaller.
• Improves robotic step ramping.
• Removes open/closed loop detection on drive F/W.
• Race condition between disconnect and command process no longer causes hang.
• Issues soft reset on drive that returns check condition on unload.