HP StorageWorks MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries Parallel SCSI tape drive firmware release notes Version B45W (AK378-96008, July 7, 2008)

Description
This release includes updated tape drive firmware for parallel SCSI HP StorageWorks MSL2024,
MSL4048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries.
The tape driv
e firmware can be updated through any of the following metho ds:
• Remote management interface (RMI).
• Operator control panel (OCP) .
• HP Library a
nd Tape Tools (L&TT).
Tape drive firmware version
• B45W
Update reco
mmendation
Recommende
d
Supersedes All earlier versions of tape drive firmware.
Product models
All HP StorageWorks MSL2024, MSL4048, a nd MSL8096 Tape Libraries with one or more Ultrium
1840 full-height parallel SCSI tape drives.
Languages
• English (
American)
• English (International)
Enhancements
• Implements T10 standards that allow the Library to control encryption of the tape drive.
• A new diagnostic page (C 3h) has been created to report algorithm versions used by the tape
drive for FIPS certifica tion.
• Provides a TapeAlert notification when a tape that has been used over its usage limit is
experiencing above normal levels of going off track. In the Library, this will appear as warning
event 84. When you see this warning, replace the tape car tridge.
Fixes
• Fixed a case where a non-HP cleaning cartridge c aused 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.
• Fixe
d 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.
• Fixe
dacasewherethefile identifier was partially overwritten during a short erase at the
beg
inning of the tape.
• Fixedacasewherethedrivewouldbeunabletowriteanewlyloadedblanktape.
• Improved the performance of a data verification command following a write operation.
• Fix
ed a case where the number of times a cleaning cartridge was loaded was incorrectly
incremented.
• FixedtwocommandsusedtocommunicatewiththeLibrary.
HP StorageWorks MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries Parallel SCSI tape drive firmware
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