MSL LTO6 firmware release notes (AK378-96067, June 2013)

Description
This release includes updated tape drive firmware for Ultrium 6250 tape drives in HP StoreEver 1/8
G2 Tape Autoloaders and MSL2024, MSL4048, MSL6480, MSL8048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries.
The tape drive firmware can be updated through any of the following methods:
• Remote management interface (RMI).
• Operator control panel (OCP), except MSL6480.
• HP Library and Tape Tools (L&TT).
Tape drive firmware versions: 238W (FC) and 338W (SAS)
Update recommendation
Recommended
Supersedes
All previous versions of tape drive firmware.
Product models
All HP StoreEver 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloaders and MSL2024, MSL4048, MSL6480, MSL8048, and
MSL8096 Tape Libraries with one or more Ultrium 6250 SAS or Fibre Channel tape drives.
Languages
• English (American)
• English (International)
Enhancements
• Improved servo calibration and positioning routines.
• Enhanced internal drive logging.
• Improved accuracy of the internal media positioning operations.
• The drive will now request a cleaning tape and report associated tape alerts if a 0x7519 write
error is encountered.
Fixes
• Fixed a corner case issue that could result in spacing and locating errors 0x5090/0x5092.
• Fixed a corner case where the drive could reset during a load.
• Fixed a case where writing partitioned tapes can result in 0x5092 errors being reported on
subsequent reads.
• Fixed a case where the drive could reset after failing to update the cartridge memory due to other
internal firmware processes.
• Fixed a case where a multi-partitioned cartridge was reported as having a single partition.
• Fixed a corner case where a drive firmware upgrade failed with a 0x1C2B error after loading
a cleaning cartridge.
• Fixed load count reporting for cleaning cartridges.
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