README: IBM 7332-110 4mm Tape Drive Microcode
This package is being provided to allow the update of older IBM 7332-110 4mm tape drives to the current level of microcode that is currently shipping from IBM.
Customers are encouraged to install the latest microcode level
themselves. The microcode and instructions are available
at the IBM external web site:
download.html
In order to complete the microcode download to a IBM 7332-110 you will need either the Atape Device Driver installed on the system or you will need the Genucode program along with the microcode and dsdata file in this package.
This package, the 7332110 package, will get you to step where you will need to use the tapeutil program( part of Atape, if Atape is installed on the system) or GENUCODE to download the microcode into the tape drive.
The typical time to install this microcode is .5 hrs.
The microcode becomes active when installed and does not require a
system reboot to become active.
You will need to get the Genucode package from eServer pSeries
WEB site:
download.html
For genucode you will
need the microcode and dsdata file in this
package.
This README will get you to step where you will need to use Genucode or Atape to download the microcode into the tape drive.
All levels of AIX that this product was announced on.
Yes, but the tape drive must be available with no tape in the drive, and no other processing running to the tape drive.
A reboot is not needed as the microcode is active in the drive when the drive completes microcode download. If you used Genucode to install the microcode the new level of microcode will not show in the Vital Product Data. To have the Vital Product Data show the new level you must use the AIX rmdev and mkdev commands described in Genucode part of the install process.
Do not power off the tape drive during microcode download as this may
damage the tape drive microcode requiring the tape drive to be replaced.
Remove any tape cartridge from the drive prior to attempting the
microcode download.
All eServer pSeries and RS/6000 machines this product was announce on. In general if the tape drive configures and is available with the VPD showing the Machine Type and microcode level as described in this README the machine is one affected.
The microcode update will bring the IBM 7332-110 4mm tape drive
up to the current level of microcode which is:
758B
| Tape Drive P/N | Tape Drive FRU P/N | Microcode Level | What does this microcode change
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 59H4166 | 59H4168 | 726B | First Microcode level shipped.
|
| 59H4166 | 59H4168 | 7430 | Cleaning error with new cleaning tape.
|
| 59H4166 | 59H4168 | 743B | Fix EEprom error on erase
|
| 59H4166 | 59H4168 | 7540 | Support for new EEprom.
|
| 59H4166 | 59H4168 | 7550 | Fix for drive error during microcode download.
|
| 59H4166 | 59H4168 | 7580 | Improve read capability of media created on older non IBM tape drives.
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| 59H4166 | 59H4168 | 758B | Improper handling of the end of tape indication on DDS||||(DDS1) tapes
If an application wrote a DDS1 tape to the end of the tape, AIX would
report a TAPE_ERR5. All the data up to the TAPE_ERR5 was reported
was saved to the tape, but AIX would not request a second tape to be
mounted to continue writing additional data.
This would only occur on DDS1 tapes.
|
Note: In some cases you may already have the most current level of microcode already installed. The following instructions show you how to check the tape drive microcode level.
To display the level of microcode in the IBM 7332-110
4mm tape drive do the following AIX command:
lscfg -vl rmt0 <--- change the drive number to reflect
the actual rmt address of the
IBM 7332-110 4mm tape drive.
The output of the lscfg command will look like the following with
the
"Device Specific.(Z1)" showing the microcode level:
rmt0 00-00-01-4,0 7332 4mm Auto Loader SCSI Tape
Device
Manufacturer................ARCHIVE
Machine Type and Model......IBM-STL496000N
Part Number.................59H4166
EC Level....................E30369
FRU Number..................59H4168
Device Specific.(Z1)........758B
Device Specific.(Z0)........0180
There are 2 ways a user can get the microcode files. Each of these will put the microcode on the user's system but the user may have to move the files to appropriate directory for system use.
When the user downloads the microcode files from the IBM web site the packaged microcode files will be put into the /tmp directory.
Note:
AIX commands and file names are case sensitive.
If the users AIX permission does not allow the copy to the above stated
directory or file then the user will be prompted for a new location.
To insure the microcode downloaded correctly to the system
do the following AIX command:
sum IBM-S*
The output of the command will be the checksum and it must match the
following, if it does not match then redo the download and file
extraction.
14297 513 IBM-STL496000N.758B.00000101
You now will need to determine if the Atape device driver is
installed.
To determine if the Atape device driver is installed do the following
AIX command:
lslpp -l Atape.driver
This will show the level of the Atape driver if it is installed.
Note: If the Atape driver is down level the you may want to
consider updating to the current Atape level.
If the Atape device driver is installed skip to the step:
"Install with Atape".
If Atape is not installed you now need to use Genucode to complete the microcode install process.
If the Atape device driver is not installed you will use genucode to do the microcode install:
Note: The copy command copies the file to the /tmp directory with the same name when you use the period(.) after /tmp/.
You now need to use the instructions in the GENUCODE package to complete the microcode install process.
You now need to issue the Atape tapeutil command:
tapeutil
Then select Tape Drive Service Aids
Then select Microcode load
Then select the tape drive you are going to download microcode to.
Then enter the file name of the microcode file you are going to
use for the download:
/tmp/7332110/IBM-STL496000N.758B.00000101
Follow the remaining instructions to complete the install.