HP StorageWorks MSL5000 and MSL6000 Tape Libraries release notes (AD581-96001, March 28, 2008)

Description
The release includes updated firmware for the Ultrium 960 SCSI tape drive.
HP StorageWorks Librar y and Tape Tools (HP L&TT) must be used to download firmware to the tape drive.
Drive firmware version:
• G65W
Update recommendation Recommended
Supersedes G63W
Product models
• HP StorageWorks MSL5000 Tape Libraries
• HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Libraries
Operating systems
• Operating
systems supported by HP StorageWorks Library & Tape Tools. See
h
ttp://w
ww.hp.com/support/tapetools.
Languages
• English (American)
• English (International)
Enhancements
• Improved tape handling algorithms that could help during thermal events.
• Improved initialization of the cartridge memory to minimize unnecessary warnings from LTO-4
ISV app
lications.
• Improved read reliability of med ia written by non-HP tape drives.
Fixes
• Fixed a case where the Drive Error LED was not lit when an internal ha rdware error occurred.
• Fixed an issue where the drive would appear unresponsive after running HP Library and Tape
Tools’DriveAssessmentTest.
• Fixed an issue where the drive could appear unresponsive during a write operation.
• Fixed positioning errors for scripts that use very large record sizes.
• Fixed an issue where the Format Identification Dataset (FID) could be overwritten when writing
from the beginning of the tape, which could make the tape unreadable by a non-HP tape drive.
• The cartridge memory thread count is incremented af ter a thread operation instead of when a
cartridge is partially loaded.
• Fixed an issue with aborting multiple SCSI commands when one command was abor ted.
• Fixed an inconsistency of t wo SCSI commands being queued as slow commands instead of being
treated as fast commands.
HP StorageWorks MSL5000 and MSL6000 Tape Libraries release notes
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