Uploading Tape Drive Firmware Used in Autoleveling

This topic describes how to enable the autoleveling feature by uploading tape drive firmware to the library.

NOTE: Fibre Channel (FC) tape drives must be connected to an I/O blade to participate in autoleveling operations. The library does not support autoleveling FC tape drives connected directly to an FC host.

Before uploading tape drive firmware, verify with published Release Notes or technical support that you are uploading the correct version of firmware. For technical support contact information, see Getting More Information or Help.

You must have access to a tape drive firmware image file to enable autoleveling. Tape drive firmware is available at www.quantum.com/support. Navigate to the appropriate firmware version and download the file to your computer hard drive.

It is not necessary to delete an old version of firmware before uploading a new version. The new version of firmware overwrites the old version.

You need administrator privileges to upload tape drive firmware.

  1. From the Tools menu, select Drive Operations.

    The Tools - Drive Operations screen displays.

  2. Select Upload/remove tape drive firmware for autoleveling and click Next.

    The Tape Drive Firmware Autolevel screen displays. The screen lists the vendor, type, interface type of tape drives in the library, and firmware version.

  3. Click Upload.

    The Upload Tape Drive Images screen displays. The screen lists the vendor, type, interface type of tape drives in the library, and firmware version.

  4. Click Browse.
  5. Locate the tape drive firmware image file and click Open.
  6. Click Apply.

    The Progress Window displays. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation.Do one of the following:

  7. Repeat this procedure if you need to upload firmware for a different tape drive version.
  8. Do one of the following:

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