Dell PowerVault 132T LTO Upgrade to LTO-2 Tape Drive Modules - Page 6

www.dell.com | support.dell.com Updating Firmware Using a Serial Connection 1 Turn on the tape library. 2 Connect one end of a straight-through serial cable to the serial port of the tape library (not the serial port for the remote management unit). 3 Connect the other end of the serial cable to a COM port on the system that has the updated firmware that you downloaded. 4 Open a command prompt in the Microsoft® Windows® operating system and change to the directory that contains the downloaded firmware file. NOTE: The downloaded firmware file is located at c:\dell\drivers\rxxxxx\LTO-2 Library, where rxxxxx is the release number of the downloaded firmware package. 5 Type the following information at the command prompt: PV132T_LTO2_Update x where x represents the COM port number on the system where the serial cable was connected. 6 Press . The firmware update takes approximately 8-10 minutes. A summary of the firmware update displays at the command prompt when the firmware update has completed. 7 Reboot the library after the firmware update completes. 8 Verify that the library is online. The LCD Main menu displays Dell 132T when the library is online. 6 Upgrading Tape Drive Modules