HP MSL4048 HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library firmware release notes Version - Page 3

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Description This release includes updated firmware for the HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library. The Library firmware can be updated through any of the following methods: • Remote management interface (RMI). • Operator control panel (OCP). • HP Library and Tape Tools (L&TT). Library firmware version • 4.00 Update recommendation Recommended Supersedes All earlier versions of Library firmware. Product models All HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Libraries. Languages • English (American) • English (International) Enhancements • Support added for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). • Support added for partitioning the Library into logical libraries. The Tape Library can have up to as many logical libraries as there are tape drives. • Support added for the 1/8 G2 and MSL Encryption Kit, which is a solution for generating and storing encryption keys to write and restore encrypted data on LTO-4 media with LTO-4 tape drives. • Support added for the Ultrium 1760 parallel SCSI half-height tape drive. • Support added for SNMP version 2. • Ability to save and restore the Library configuration settings to a USB flash drive (from the OCP) or a file (from the RMI). • The number of allowed reserved slots is increased from 9 to 22. Fixes • Fixed a case where the Library could appear unresponsive when used with network security programs that constantly check the security status of all network ports. Usually Drive Communication (code: F1 xx) errors were the last entries in the library logs. • Fixed a case where the Library could appear unresponsive after the operator issued a command from the OCP to remove a magazine but the magazine was not removed. • Fixed a case where the time stamp in the library logs would be recorded as one day earlier than the library time. • Fixed a case where error retry Code 88 00 (setting of sled motor parameters failed) was incorrectly logged during the power up sequence. • Fixed a case where error code 9B (sled position sensor not found) was reported at ambient temperatures below 10 C when the mailslot did not pop out more than 15 mm. • Fixed a case where the Library would report Not Ready after running the Demo Test. • Improved an error message in the Wellness test when an upper corner slot is empty. HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library firmware release notes 3

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Description
This release includes updated
fi
rmware for the HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library.
The Library
fi
rmware can be updated through any of the following methods:
•
Remote management interface (RMI).
•
Operator control panel (OCP).
•
HP Library and Tape Tools (L&TT).
Library
fi
rmware version
•
4.00
Update recommendation
Recommended
Supersedes
All earlier versions of Library
fi
rmware.
Product models
All HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Libraries.
Languages
•
English (American)
•
English (International)
Enhancements
•
Support added for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
•
Support added for partitioning the Library into logical libraries. The Tape Library can have up to
as many logical libraries as there are tape drives.
•
Support added for the 1/8 G2 and MSL Encryption Kit, which is a solution for generating and
storing encryption keys to write and restore encrypted data on LTO-4 media with LTO-4 tape drives.
•
Support added for the Ultrium 1760 parallel SCSI half-height tape drive.
•
Support added for SNMP version 2.
•
Ability to save and restore the Library con
fi
guration settings to a USB
fl
ash drive (from the OCP)
or a
fi
le (from the RMI).
•
The number of allowed reserved slots is increased from 9 to 22.
Fixes
•
Fixed a case where the Library could appear unresponsive when used with network security
programs that constantly check the security status of all network ports. Usually Drive
Communication (code: F1 xx) errors were the last entries in the library logs.
•
Fixed a case where the Library could appear unresponsive after the operator issued a command
from the OCP to remove a magazine but the magazine was not removed.
•
Fixed a case where the time stamp in the library logs would be recorded as one day earlier
than the library time.
•
Fixed a case where error retry Code 88 00 (setting of sled motor parameters failed) was
incorrectly logged during the power up sequence.
•
Fixed a case where error code 9B (sled position sensor not found) was reported at ambient
temperatures below 10 C when the mailslot did not pop out more than 15 mm.
•
Fixed a case where the Library would report Not Ready after running the Demo Test.
•
Improved an error message in the Wellness test when an upper corner slot is empty.
HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library
fi
rmware release notes
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