IBM TS2340 User Guide - Page 419
Downloading Device Microcode, or host file, such
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Solaris - Tape Utility Program (tapeutil) /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0st -o inq -v v To move a cartridge from cell 32 to the tape drive (16): /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0smc -o mov -s 32 -d 16 -v v To set the block size of the device to 64K: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0st -o spa -t 1 -x 65535 -v v To write one hundred 64K blocks of data to the tape device: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -w 1 -o wri -b 65535 -n 1 -m 100 -v v To write two filemarks to the tape device: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -w 1 -o eof -c 2 -v v To rewind the tape device: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -o rew -v v To read one hundred 64K blocks of data from the tape device: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -o rea -b 65535 -n 1 -m 100 -v 3. For 3592 Media types, capacity scaling is only supported for the standard 300 GB rewritable data cartridge. 4. Attempting to set capacity scaling that is not supported by a device or the current media loaded always returns 100% and cannot be changed. For example, the 60GB (Economy Data) cartridge for the IBM 3592 cannot be capacity scaled and is always 100%. Downloading Device Microcode The IBM tape drives support downloading a new microcode image from the host system by way of the SCSI bus. To download microcode to these devices, perform the following steps: v Verify that the IBM tape system is powered On and online. v Verify that the tape drive does not have a tape cartridge currently loaded. v Determine the current version of microcode present on the device by entering the following command, substituting n with the actual value from the device special file associated with the target device: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/nst -o qmc -v v Determine the source of the new microcode image file (that is, diskette, such as /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 or host file, such as /tmp/ucode_image.file). v Enter the following command, substituting file with the actual path and filename of the microcode image file and substituting n with the actual value from the device special file associated with the destination device: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/nst -o dmc -z file -v Notes: 1. The microcode download procedure may also be performed using the interactive mode of the tapeutil program. To call the tapeutil program in this format, enter the following command, then click option 1 to open the device, followed by option 4 to query the current device microcode level, and option 7 to download new microcode: /opt/IBMtape/tapeutil 2. If the current microcode on a tape drive is FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) code, then a window opens and displays the following: Warning: The drive is currently using FIPS code. Do you want to continue with downloading new drive code? [y/n]: Appendix D. Tape Utility Programs 401