HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Library Ultrium 1840 tape drive firmware release notes (AD581-96004, February 2011)

Version: B59W
Description
The release includes updated firmware for the Ultrium 1840 full-height parallel SCSI tape drive for
HP StorageWorks MSL6030 and MSL6060 Tape Libraries. HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools
(HP L&TT) must be used to download firmware to the tape drive.
Drive firmware version:
• B59W
Update recommendation Recommended
Supersedes All earlier versions of tape drive firmware.
Product models
HP StorageWorks MSL6030 and MSL6060 Tape Libraries
Operating systems
Operating systems supported by HP StorageWorks Library & Tape Tools. See http://www.hp.com/
support/tapetools
Languages
• English (American)
• English (International)
Fixes
• Fixed a case when a drive firmware download failed if an LTO-4 cartridge is loaded in the drive.
• Corrected a case where the drive incorrectly reported to the host that a tape was stuck to the head
(error code 0x76AC).
• Improved the ability to read tapes written by non-HP drives having poor write density.
• Fixed a case where the drive would appear unresponsive after receiving commands formatted to
use multiple Information Units. These types of commands are supported by Linux OS drivers.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in poor read transfer rate or spacing issues, which lead to reporting
errors 0x0590 or 0x5092, or occasionally errors 0x330D or 0x5084.
• Improved algorithms for reading LTO-2 tapes.
• Corrected issues that could allow incorrect entries in the Cartridge Memory Filemark map.
• Fixed a performance issue introduced in a previous release due to read retries being invoked too
often because ASIC parameters were being set incorrectly.
• Fixes an issue where space operations could fail with 0x3023 due Access Point being in wrong
position.
HP StorageWorks MSL6030 and MSL6060 Tape Library Ultrium 1840 tape drive firmware release
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