User manual QUANTUM PX5XX V51 RELEASE NOTES 08-2008

[. . . ] Visit http://www. quantum. com for additional information about Scalar 50 and PX5xx and previous releases. 0 © August 2008 Quantum Corporation. All rights reserved. Document 5502252 Rev C Quantum, DLT, DLTtape, the Quantum logo, and the DLTtape logo are all registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation. SDLT and Super DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. Other trademarks may be mentioned herein which belong to other companies. Release Notes Document 5502252 Rev C August 2008 New Features and Enhancements · Scalar 50 and PX5xx (V51) includes the following feature for this new product launch. [. . . ] Improved media handling in the pass-through. Add an SNMP and E-mail event to inform user of a Host Reserve on the library. The OCP does not notify that the tape drive updated has completed when downgrade finishes. OCP: Drive operation screen is not correctly updated after drive power off. Prevents the Pass-through Elevator and the Hand can becoming FULL at the same time when moving tape cartridges from the Remote Management Pages The left door is opening up during power-on on some PX502 backplanes. Improve message if a user hits remove when no partition is selected/available. The WWNN need to be unique for each partition like SN - Networker autoconfig fails. Configuration of partitions is allowed (when it shouldn't be) with a Parallel SCSI or iSCSI library. SR: 818050 SR: 815106 The library goes into an unexpected error state and the date and time are incorrect. Allow the library to configure drives if drive found after the configuration process. 4 Resolved Issues Release Notes Document 5502252 Rev C August 2008 Change Request Number PCR 19295 PCR 19345 PCR 19373 PCR 19387 PCR 19449 PCR 19510 PCR 19543 PCR 19603 PCR 19635 PCR 19636 PCR 19674 PCR 19676 PCR 19852 PCR 19858 PCR 19973 PCR 20083 PCR 20084 PCR 20119 PCR 20126 PCR 20151 PCR 20171 PCR 20193 PCR 20212 Service Request Number Description The pass-through calibration has been improved. In a partitioned system, from the host interface, you can move a tape in the gripper from one partition to a second partition. No UA queued following library offline/online transition (nFC only). The Hardware Status page is reporting half-height tape drive installation incorrectly. The format of the serial number on the OCP has been improved. CDB's are not rejected when the link bit is set in control byte. When a Fibre Channel switch is attached to a FC Scalar 50, the WWNN and WWPN are identical. Setup Wizard creates a partition with invalid elements. Setup Wizard Configuring SCSI devices panel is not wrapping all windows with Mozilla firefox. The Setup Wizard must not include setting up partition options for parallel SCSI and bridged SCSI hosted systems. Persistent reserve out register service action doesn't enforce APTPL bit Reservation conflict status returned to host with a valid I_T nexus registration following library power cycle with APTPL bit set. Warn user that reconfiguring slave as a standalone will remove the partitioning configuration A perpetual java loop is entered when an operation is attempted requiring the library to go offline. Tape stuck in jammed pass-thru is reported in both hands. Pass-thru slot 2 calibration may be incorrect. [. . . ] Try the procedure again, if it still fails use the primary port connection to update drive firmware. If load ports are being accessed, do not attempt to release the magazine. This will be corrected in future releases of library firmware PCR 19242 PCR 19853 PCR 19997 6 Known Issues Release Notes Document 5502252 Rev C August 2008 Change Request Number PCR 20130 Service Request Number Description The User password is rejected if it contains "_". Workaround Do not attempt to use "_" with a user password. Instead, use another non-alphanumeric character in its place. [. . . ]