Checking and Updating Library and Drive Firmware
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12. Compare the firmware version that is available online with the version currently
installed on the library.
13. If the drive firmware currently installed on library is not the latest available,
download the latest Oracle-supported firmware.
14. If the drive firmware currently installed on library is the latest available and if you
have downloaded but not yet installed library firmware, update the library
firmware now.
15. Otherwise, if you are configuring a newly installed library, go to "Finishing a New
Configuration" on page 4-18.
16. If you are not configuring a new library, you can stop here.
Download Oracle-Supported Drive Firmware
Repeat this procedure until you have downloaded all required firmware for the drives
installed in the library.
1. If the drive firmware currently installed on library is not the latest available, press
the Download button on the Patch Search Results table at My Oracle Support.
The File Download dialog appears. It displays the name of the upgrade, in the
form StorageTek LTO6hh FC Tape Drive-release (Patch), and a hyperlinked file
name of the form
123456_01.zip
, where
123456_01
represents a part number.
2. At the bottom of the File Download dialog, click on the View Digest Details link.
SHA-1 and MD5 Digests (checksums) appear under the file name:
■ A typical SHA-1 digest looks something like this:
ED1E41F9F2C0894190DB955740D748F08DAF1F06
■ An MD5 digest looks something like this:
3A2F975AD13E6C67D3BA806E15E49254
3. Copy the digests (checksums) and paste them into a text file, using a text editor
such as
vi
or Microsoft's Notepad. Save the file.
You will use the checksums to validate the downloaded firmware before you
install it.
4. Click on the ZIP file link. When the download dialog appears, save the file to a
temporary location on your local system.
5. Once the download is complete, verify the integrity of the ZIP file. Using a
suitable checksum utility, calculate the MD5 or SHA-1 digest value of the
downloaded file, and compare the result to the corresponding MD5 or SHA-1
value saved in your text file.
Files can and do become corrupt during download over the Internet. So always
check for file integrity before installing firmware.
UNIX-like operating systems typically include commandline checksum utilities
such as
digest
(Oracle Solaris) and
dgst
(Linux). Microsoft offers a commandline
File Checksum Integrity Verifier utility (
fciv.exe
) as a free download from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290
.
6. If the digest value that you calculated for the file does not match the value
displayed in the dialog, the file is corrupt and cannot be installed successfully.
Stop here, and start this procedure again to obtain an valid copy.
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