35GB DLT Microcode

Contents

• 35GB DLT Microcode description
• Microcode Level Information
• How to install the microcode

7247/6040 microcode description

New level description

This version is a recommended upgrade.

In order to complete the microcode download to a 35GB DLT tape drive you will need to get the GENUCODE package from the IBM RS/6000 WEB site along with the microcode and DSDATA file in this package.

This package will get you to step where you will need to use GENUCODE to download the microcode into the tape drive.

Microcode level information:

Current Levels

 Machine Type       Current Level         Also Know As
  7205-311             2150                   V80
  7337-305             2150                   V80

To display the level of microcode in the 35GB DLT tape drive do the following AIX command:

 lscfg -vl rmt0               <--- change the drive number to reflect>
                                   the actual rmt address of the 35GB
                                   DLT tape drive.

The output of the command will look like this:

  DEVICE            LOCATION          DESCRIPTION

  rmt0              00-03-01-0,0      Differential SCSI DLT Tape Drive
                                      (35000 MB)

        Manufacturer................QUANTUM
        Machine Type and Model......IBM-7205
        Device Specific.(Z1)........1734  <-- This is the microcode level>
                                              currently in the drive.

Microcode install:

• Download the zip files to the RS/6000

• Follow the instructions for expanding the zip files given on the IBM web page.

• The following are the files in the package:

  • 35GBDLT.README

  • IBM-7205.2150.A0B00E24

  • dsdata.IBM7205

  • DLT7000.2150.A0B00E24

  • dsdata.DLT7000

• Change to the directory just built:

  cd ./35GBDLT_web

• You will now need to copy from the new directory to the /tmp the files needed for downloading the microcode to the tape drives.

  • For the IBM 7205-311

    cp dsdata.IBM7205 /tmp/dsdata

    cp IBM-7205.2150.A0B00E24 /tmp/IBM-7205.2150.A0B00E24

  • For the IBM 7337-305

    cp dsdata.DLT7000 /tmp/dsdata

    cp DLT7000.2150.A0B00E24 /tmp/DLT7000.2150.A0B00E24

• You now need to use the instructions in the GENUCODE package.