HP StoreEver LTO 6 Ultrium SAS Full Height Tape Drive O39D Release Notes (EH963-90918, June 2013)

Description
The release includes updated firmware for HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium SAS full-height tape drives.
HP Library and Tape Tools (HP L&TT) must be used to download firmware to the tape drive.
Drive firmware version
O39D
Update recommendation
Recommended
Supersedes
O2BD
Product models
• LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 SAS internal EH963A
• LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 SAS external EH964A
Operating systems
• Operating systems supported by HP Library & Tape Tools. See http://www.hp.com/support/
tapetools.
Languages
• English (American)
• English (International)
Fixes
The following issues are resolved in firmware version O39D:
• Corner-case situations resulted in Space/Locate 0x5090/0x5092 reporting errors.
• An assert reset was possible on a load when re-initializing the write/read channel adaption
routines.
• Writing to partitioned tapes might result in 0x5092 errors being reported on subsequent reads.
• The Cartridge Memory update failed causing assert reset due to other internal firmware processes
overflowing the queue.
• Firmware race condition might cause a multi-partitioned cartridge to be reported as having only
a single partition.
• A firmware upgrade over the primary port, after loading a cleaning cartridge, will fail with an
0x1C2B error.
Enhancements
• Improved the internal drive logging.
• Added final checking of the calibrated Servo band position values to the servo band calibration
routine.
• Enhanced the process for the drive to request a cleaning tape and report associated Tape Alerts
if a 0x7519 write fault is encountered.
• Changed servo parameter to make the drive more robust to media servo issues.
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