About Updating Library Firmware

The library firmware update operation allows you to update library firmware using the Web client. With the library firmware update operation you can upgrade firmware to a later version or downgrade firmware to an earlier version. Upgrading library firmware can take up to an hour for large configurations. For instructions on how to update library firmware, see Updating Library Firmware.

The latest library firmware is available on the Dell support Web site. For the Dell support Web site address, see Contacting Dell.

You can downgrade library firmware to an earlier version following the same instructions as for the upgrade, with the following notes and exceptions:

If you downgrade from one major firmware version to an earlier major version, library configuration settings will be reset to the factory defaults. You can restore the other configurable items using a configuration file that was saved when the earlier version of library firmware was installed on the library, or you can manually reconfigure your library’s settings. For more information, see Restoring the Configuration.
If you purchased your library after October 15, 2008, you cannot downgrade library firmware to a version earlier than 520G.
If your library is running firmware version 600G or later, you can only downgrade library firmware to version 410G or later. If you need to downgrade to a version earlier than 410G, contact Dell Support for assistance.
In libraries larger than 23U, this operation will free and allocate disk space to prepare the system for a new firmware download and, if configured, also remove any drive firmware images staged for automatic tape drive firmware-leveling.

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