Re: How to upgrade firmware on a 3573-L2U tape drive

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

On the FTP page, the 73P5 though 89B2 entries are various versions of tape
drive firmwares.  The L3 & L4 indicate LTO3 or 4.  The next letter is the
connect type (F=Fibre, S=SCSI, A=SAS).  If there's an H after that letter,
that's firmware for a half-height drive.  So if you have a Fibre LTO4 that
isn't half-height, the latest firmware would be 89B2L4F.  Get the tar or zip
version; whichever is appropriate for you.  Tar is for Unix/AIX.

After the firmware has been applied, get the Common_730.zip for the library
firmware.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:05 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Given this:
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1158&context=STCMML7&dc=DB500&uid=ssg1S1003007&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en
>
> Serial Number  L2U78A8596
> Product ID  3573-TL
> Currently Installed Library Firmware  1.70 / 1.66e
> Bootcode Firmware Revision  0.50
>
> and
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/TS3200/
>
> How do I pick which file to use to upgrade the firmware?
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> Group Dekko Services, LLC
> Dept 01.073
> Dock 108
> 6928N 400E
> Kendallville, IN 46755
> http://www.dekko.com
>
> --
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.