Uploading Tape Drive Firmware Used in Autoleveling

This topic describes how to enable the autoleveling feature by uploading tape drive firmware to the library.

NOTE: Autoleveling only works on Fibre Channel (FC) tape drives. FC tape drives must be connected to an FC I/O blade or an Ethernet Expansion blade to participate in autoleveling operations. The library does not support autoleveling FC tape drives connected directly to an FC host.

Before uploading tape drive firmware, verify with published Release Notes or technical support that you are uploading the correct version of firmware. For technical support contact information, see Getting More Information or Help .

You must have access to a tape drive firmware image file to enable autoleveling. Tape drive firmware is listed at www.quantum.com/support. Contact Quantum Support to receive the latest firmware..

It is not necessary to delete an old version of firmware before uploading a new version. The new version of firmware overwrites the old version.

You need administrator privileges to upload tape drive firmware.

From the Tools menu, select Drive Operations.
The Tools - Drive Operations screen displays.
Select Upload/remove tape drive firmware for autoleveling and click Next.
The Tape Drive Firmware Autolevel screen displays. The screen lists the vendor, type, interface type of tape drives in the library, and firmware version.
Click Upload.
The Upload Tape Drive Images screen displays. The screen lists the vendor, type, interface type of tape drives in the library, and firmware version.
Click Browse.
Locate the tape drive firmware image file and click Open.
Click Apply.
The Progress Window displays. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation. Do one of the following:
- If Complete displays in the Progress Window, the tape drive firmware upload completed. Do the following
- 1. Check to see if a Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) ticket was generated for this operation. For information on RAS tickets, see Working With RAS Tickets.
  2. If no RAS ticket(s) exists, continue with step 7.
- If Failure displays in the Progress Window, the tape drive firmware update was not successful. Follow the instructions listed in the Progress Window to resolve any issues that occurred during the operation.
Repeat this procedure if you need to upload firmware for a different tape drive version.
Do one of the following:
- If Complete displays in the Progress Window, the FUP tape operation completed. Check to see if a Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) ticket was generated for this operation. For information on RAS tickets, see Working With RAS Tickets.
- If Complete displays in the Progress Window, the tape drive firmware update did not complete. Follow the instructions listed in the Progress Window to resolve any issues that occurred during the operation.

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