HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Library Tape Drive Firmware release notes Version B45W (AD581-96002, July 7, 2008)

Description
The release includes updated firmware for the Ultrium 1840 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:
• B45W
Update recommendation Recommended
Supersedes All ea rlier versions of tape drive firmware
Product models
• HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Libraries
Operating s
ystems
• Operating systems supported by HP StorageWorks Library & Tape Tools. See
h
ttp://www.hp.com/support/tapetools.
Languages
• English (American)
• English (International)
Enhancements
• Anewdia
gnostic page (C 3h) has been created to report algorithm versions used by the tape
drive f
or FIPS certification.
• Provides a TapeAlert notification when a tape that has been used over its usage limit is
experiencing above normal levels of going off track.
• Adds the firmware trace logs to the snapshot logs and new commands to the firmware debug
command set, which makes it easier to debug field failures.
Fixes
• Fixed a case where a non-HP cleaning cartridge caused the tape drive to reset.
• Fixed several cases where the tape drive had problems reading the tape position when the tape
drive was at extreme temperatures.
• Fixed a case where a dataset was written past the End of Wrap (EOW) after the tape went off
track near the EOW.
• Fixed a case where the drive reported busy after a read operation was aborted.
• Fixed a case where the tape was positioned incorrectly after a read operation that requested the
tape drive to read past the file mark.
• Fixedacasewherethefile identifier was partially overwrit ten during a short erase at the
beginning of the tape.
• Fixedacasewherethedrivewouldbeunabletowriteanewlyloadedblanktape.
• Improved the performance of a data verification command following a write operation.
• Fixed a case where the number of times a cleaning cartridge was loaded was incorrectly
incremented.
• FixedtwocommandsusedtocommunicatewiththeLibrary.
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