Quantum SCALAR 10K 310A.00002 User Manual

Release Notes

Product: Scalar® 10K 310A.00002
Date: June 2006

Contents

Page Topic

1 Purpose of This Release

1 New Features and Enhancements

3 Compatibility Matrix

4 Resolved Issues

7 Known Issues

8 Documentation

8 Contacting ADIC

Purpose of This Release

This release provides an update to the Scalar 10K firmware, which resolves several functional issues. Refer
to Resolved Issues

on page 4.

New Features and Enhancements

The Scalar 10K 310A release includes the following new features and enhancements.

• Aisle Light Options

The Scalar 10K library now provides the capability to set timer durations for the aisle lights using
options available in the Operator Panel (Utils > Library > Lights). You can set the aisle lights to be
on for two, four, six, eight, or ten hours, or you can set the lights to be continuously on.

• IBM LTO-3 Fibre Channel 4Gb Support

The Scalar 10K library now supports the integration of IBM LTO-3 4 Gb drives.

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• Logical Tape Drive Serial Number

If a drive supports this feature, the Scalar 10K library can write a logical serial number to the drive
that will always be the same for that drive position in the library. The logical serial number that is
assigned to the drive position is the last nine digits of the world wide name assigned to the drive
slot, preceded by the character, “F”.

You can enable or disable the logical serial number through the Operator Panel. When enabled,
drives display the logical serial number instead of the manufacturer’s serial number.

• Note: When enabling or disabling the logical serial number, the library must be power
cycled before the change is reflected in the library. Once you enable the logical serial
number feature, the manufacturer’s serial number is no longer visible and the logical serial
number is listed in the library logs, along with the manufacturer’s serial number.

Drives that currently support this feature are:

• IBM LTO-1 SCSI / FC, IBM LTO-2 SCSI / FC, IBM LTO-3 SCSI / FC, IBM LTO-3 4Gb FC,
IBM 3592-J1A/TS1120.

• IBM TS1120 Drive Support

The Scalar 10K library now supports the TS1120 drive. This drive returns an element type of 0x06.
Refer to the Scalar 10K SCSI Reference Guide for information on drive element types.

• WORM Support

The Scalar 10K library supports WORM (write once, read many) technology in LTO-3 tape drives.
WORM allows non-erasable data to be written once and provides extra data security by prohibiting
accidental data erasure. When the library firmware and WORM-supported LTO-3 tape drive code
are installed on a library with LTO-3 tape drives, the WORM feature is supported whenever the
operator uses WORM cartridges.

• Note: Due to the addition of the LTO-3 WORM support, if a 3592-J1A/TS1120 drive is
installed in the library, the library must be inventoried after the 310a upgrade. If the library
is not inventoried after this upgrade, the media types for 3592 J1A or TS1120 media will be
listed incorrectly and mounts to the drives may fail.

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Compatibility Matrix

The following table provides information about drive and auxiliary firmware compatibility with Scalar 10K
310A.00002. This information is current as of the publication date of these release notes. For the most
current information, contact the ADIC Technical Assistance Center (ATAC).

Component Firmware Version

RMU

Scalar DLC 2.6

AMC 4.4.2

SNC

SNC 3100 3.42.18

SNC 5100 4.45.18

Drive Types

LTO-1 5AU1 (SCSI, FC)

LTO-2 5AT0 (SCSI, FC)

LTO-3 64D0 (FC)

AIT-2 0203_001

AIT-3 0209_0001

210A.00002

53J1 (SCSI, FC)

53Y2 (SCSI, FC)

5481 (FC)

0207_1002

DLT-8000 V80

SDLT 220 V87

SDLT 320 V87

3590 E1A / H1A / B1A DOIF_26E

3592-J1A D310_825

TS1120 D3I1_6E1

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The library assigns 12-character logical serial numbers to 3592-J1A tape drives. If
you use IBM Tivoli
driver that is later than maintenance release 5.2.4.4 (for TSM 5.2) or later than

5.3.1.1 (for TSM 5.3) to ensure that TSM can properly identify 3592-J1A tape drives
according to their 12-character logical serial numbers.

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Storage Manager (TSM), install a version of the TSM device