Quantum SCALAR 10K 301A.00002 User Manual

Release Notes

Product: Scalar® 10K 301A.00002
Date: May 2005

Contents

Page Topic

1 Purpose of This Release

2 New Features and Enhancements

4 Compatibility Matrix

5 Resolved Issues

6 Documentation

6 Contacting ADIC

Purpose of This Release

This release adds new features and enhancements, and it resolves issues found in previous releases of the
Scalar 10K library. This document lists the new features, enhancements, known issues, resolved issues,
and drive and auxiliary firmware compatible with the library. Visit www.adic.com for additional information
about the Scalar 10K library.

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New Features and Enhancements

This release of the Scalar 10K library includes the following new features and enhancements:

• IBM 3592-J1A tape drive support

Single-aisle and dual-aisle libraries now support the native Fibre Channel version of the IBM
J1A tape drive. The 3592-J1A tape drive is enclosed in a drive sled designed specifically for the
3592-J1A, referred to as the 3592-J1A drive sled. Both re-writable cartridges (media IDs “JA” and
“JJ”) and Write Once Read Many (WORM) cartridges (media IDs “JR” and “JW”) are supported.
Libraries that contain 3592-J1A drives support mixed media configurations consisting of 3590 and
LTO types only.

The library has a new Drive Module (DM) specifically designed for 3592-J1A tape drives only. Other
drives types are not supported in this DM, and other types of modules in the library do not support
3592-J1A tape drives. The 3592-J1A DM supports from 1 to 16 hot-swappable 3592-J1A tape
drives.

The 3592-J1A tape drive supports logical serial number addressing. The library assigns a logical
serial number to a 3592-J1A tape drive in a specific location. This is not the same serial number as
the one that the manufacturer assigns to the physical tape drive itself. If a 3592-J1A tape drive is
replaced by another 3592-J1A tape drive in the same library location, the logical serial number
remains the same. From the host’s perspective, the replacement drive is the same as the original
one.

• LTO-3 tape drive support

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The library now supports the native FC version of the LTO-3 tape drive. The LTO-3 uses the
standard Universal Drive Sled (UDS). The media ID for LTO-3 cartridges is “L3”.

• Gripper firmware improvements

Library software improves gripper teach and handling operations and supports brushless and
brushed grippers.

• Gripper serial number stored in EEPROM data format

LGR (gripper) cards now include the gripper serial number in Electrically-Erasable Programmable
Read-Only Memory (EEPROM). In addition, library logs now include the gripper serial number.

• Teach Tape feature for LTO linear storage

The new Teach Tape feature refines teach positions and improves Get and Put operations for LTO
linear storage only. This feature should be used by ADIC service personnel only.

• Auto-Reteach feature for storage, drives, and I/E station magazines

The new Auto-Reteach feature, when enabled, causes the library to periodically reteach itself when
Get or Put operations against storage, tape drives, or I/E station magazines retry a certain number
of times. This feature can be enabled or disabled only by ADIC service personnel.

• Menu commands removed

Add was removed from the Teach menu, and the Learn, Manual Get, and Manual Put commands
were removed from the Advanced menu because they were no longer needed.

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