Quantum SCALAR 10K 314A.00001 User Manual
Release Notes
Product
Date
Scalar® 10K 314A.00001
March 2007
Contents 0
Purpose of This Release ................................................................................................ 1
New Features and Enhancements............................................................................... 2
Compatibility Matrix..................................................................................................... 3
Resolved Issues .............................................................................................................. 4
Known Issues ................................................................................................................. 7
Documentation............................................................................................................... 9
Contacting Quantum..................................................................................................... 9
Purpose of This Release 0
The Scalar 10K 314 release includes new features and enhancements that extend
its capabilities. These release notes describe these new features and
enhancements, as well as currently known issues and issues that were resolved
for this release of the product. These notes also provide drive and auxiliary
firmware compatibility information. Visit
information about the Scalar 10K and previous releases.
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New Features and Enhancements 0
The Scalar 10K 314 release includes the following new features and enhancements:
Aisle Light Options 0
• 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 0
• The Scalar 10K library now supports the integration of IBM LTO-3 4 Gb drives.
Logical Tape Drive Serial Number 0
• 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.
IBM TS1120 Drive Support 0
• 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.
IBM TS1120 Media 0
• The Scalar 10K library now supports TS1120 extended read/write media and TS1120
extended WORM media with media identities JB and JX.
WORM Support 0
• 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 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 0
See the following table for information on drive and auxiliary firmware compatibility
with 314 release of Scalar 10K 314A.00001. This information is current as of this product
release. For the most up to date information on Quantum Global Services, please visit:
www.quantum.com/support
Drive Firmware
S10K Release
Library Firmware: 314A.00001
Component Firmware Version
RMU 210A.00002
Scalar DLC 2.6 + Hotfix 1
AMC/LMC 4.5.1/1.5.1
SNC
SNC 3100 3.42.18
SNC 5100 4.45.20
Drive Types
Quantum DLT 8000 V80
Quantum SDLT 220 V87
Quantum SDLT 320 (SCSI) v87
1
IBM LTO-1 (SCSI) 5AU1
IBM LTO-1 (FC) 5AU1
IBM LTO-2 (SCSI) 67U1
IBM LTO-2 (FC) 67U1
IBM LTO-3 (FC) 2G 69U3
IBM LTO-3 (FC) 4G 69U3
IBM 3590 E1A / H1A / B1A DOIF_2D4
IBM 3592-J1A D310_902
IBM TS1120 D3I1_A33
AIT-2 0203 001
AIT-3 0209_0001
Note: The library assigns 12-character logical serial numbers to 3592-J1A tape drives. If you use IBM Tivoli® Storage
Manager (TSM), install a version of the TSM device driver that is later than maintenance release 5.2.4.4 (for TSM
Compatibility Matrix 3
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