HP 20-Feb manual Upgrading Firmware, Checking the Firmware Revision

Upgrading Firmware

Caution Before upgrading firmware, be sure to generate a support ticket using HP Library & Tape Tools (see page 154). The resulting information may be helpful to your service representative in resolving potential issues that may have prompted the firmware upgrade.

This section details the processes for upgrading library and drive firmware. Some of the processes used for upgrading library firmware are different from those used to upgrade drive firmware.

Firmware can be downloaded by:

■Using HP Library & Tape Tools (library and drive firmware)

■Using the remote management card (library and LTO drive firmware)

■Using a firmware upgrade tape (drive firmware only)

Note	After upgrading firmware, library configuration settings will
	revert back to the factory defaults, which could affect remote
	management. For a complete list of factory defaults, see Table
	12 on page 91.

Checking the Firmware Revision

Before downloading new firmware, check your current firmware revisions, and compare them to the latest available revisions at http://www.hp.com/go/ support.

Note	If the library is in a partial availability state due to a firmware
	mismatch, new firmware must be downloaded to resolve the
	condition. (See Partial Availability State on page 120.)

1. Use the following menu from the front panel:

Main Menu -> Information -> Firmware Revisions

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