Spectra Logic Spectra 12K Instruction Manual

Release Notes

•Spectra

®64K Library

• Spectra 20KLibrary

• Spectra 12KLibrary

P.N. 90910852 Revision AG

Release Notes

Notices

Spectra Logic® Corporation provides the unit “as is” without warranty of any kind, either

expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or

fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Spectra Logic be liable for any loss of profits,

loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business, or for indirect, special, incidental,

or consequential damages of any kind, even if Spectra Logic has been advised of the possibility of

such damages arising from any defect or error.

Information furnished in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility

is assumed by Spectra Logic for its use. Due to continuing research and development, Spectra Logic may

revise this publication from time to time without notice, and reserves the right to change any product

specification at any time without notice.

Release Notes: Spectra 64K, Spectra 20K, and Spectra 12K Library.

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Important Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Upgrading Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Configuring IP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Updates to the Library User Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 10. Drive Use and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 11. Maintaining the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Appendix C: Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Appendix D: Regulatory and Safety Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Firmware Support Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Updating Library Firmware and Drive Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Firmware History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

BlueScale BLSC7072 Firmware Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

BlueScale BLSC7070 Firmware Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

BlueScale BLSC7064 Firmware Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

BlueScale BLSC7063 Firmware Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

7.6.0.7 Firmware Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.2.82.0 Firmware Release Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4.2.82.0 Firmware Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Introduction

These release notes give you the latest information available and are an addendum to

the User Guides shipped with the library.

Your satisfaction, feedback and ideas on our products and how we can better serve you

are extremely valuable. We encourage you to call us at (800) 833-1132 or send an

e-mail to feedbac[email protected].

Note: To make sure you have the latest version of these release notes,

check the electronic version at

http://www.spectralogic.com/support/docs.cfm.

Related Publications

These release notes provide information specific to Spectra 12K, Spectra 20K, and

Spectra 64K libraries. Use these notes in conjunction with the following publications:

•Spectra 12K User Guide, P.N. 90910889: Describes installing, operating and

maintaining the Spectra 12K library.

•Spectra 20K User Guide, P.N. 90920001: Describes installing, operating and

maintaining the Spectra 20K library.

•Spectra 64K User Guide, P.N. 90910851: Describes installing, operating and

maintaining the Spectra 64K library.

Important Information

Upgrading Issues

G2 E-QIPs

Note: If your G2 E-QIP is configured for DHCP and it has been

disconnected from the DHCP server, you may encounter warning

or error messages stating E-QIPs Failed. This message will occur

after every power cycle, or until the DHCP server is re-connected.

Clear this message and wait for the G2 E-QIP to become available.

This problem occurs because the LC will load faster than a G2 E-

QIP with an unreachable DHCP sever. Once the G2 E-QIP

becomes available, there is no longer a problem.

ITP or None Configuration

Note: ITP and None are no longer options for the G2 E-QIP. They have

been replaced with a free iSCSI option.

If the Ethernet protocol previously enabled for the Gator G2 E-QIP was either ITP or

None, it will be necessary to enable iSCSI on the Ethernet Options screen and re-save

the parameters. After the LCM is rebooted, a error message on the LC will indicate that

one or more of the G2 E-QIPs does not match the previous configuration. Clear this

message and then enable iSCSI using this procedure:

Note: If iSCSI or NDMP was enabled on the previous firmware release,

there should be no configuration problem on the G2 E-QIP. Only

QIPs configured for ITP or None will have a problem.

1. From the Controller Configuration Toolbar, select Partitions then select the desired

partition and then select Edit.

2. In the Edit Partitions screen, select Options to view the Controller Options window

(Figure 1).

3. Select iSCSI and then select Configure.

4. A window will display asking to confirm parameters, select OK. You may now

configure iSCSI as your protocol.

Note: You may only choose NDMP as a protocol if you purchase NDMP

as a keyed option.

Figure 1 Controller Options

window.

Configuring IP Parameters

With static IP setup, enter parameters as normal. For DHCP, enter valid addresses

before selecting DHCP and saving parameters.

Type in valid addresses for IP, Gateway and WINS before checking the Use DHCP and

before clicking on Save.

The DHCP server will furnish the Ethernet parameters that will be used. The

parameters that are entered by the User will be ignored.

Notes on Running in DHCP/WINS/DNS and iSNS Environments

Use of any of these options requires communication to an external server over the

network. If this server is unavailable or cannot be reached at the library power up time

the library or QIP will need to be reset after the server becomes ready.

Using DHCP. DHCP provides all the Ethernet set up information necessary to

communicate on a particular network. An external server on the network provides the

Ethernet set up information to the library. If the DHCP server is not present or cannot

be reached at the time of library power up the library will not be able to communicate

with any host on the network. On power up the library searches for a DHCP server

only for about 3 minutes. If none is found the library or QIP will need to be reset in

Figure 2 The E-QIP Controller Configuration screen.

order to re-initiate the DHCP server scan. The Spectra 2K has this option enabled by

default.

Using WINS. WINS is used to be able to address the library or QIP by the hostname

instead of the IP address. The library only will attempt to communicate and register the

hostname with the WINS server during start-up. If the WINS server is not available or

unreachable at that time the hostname will not get registered but the library or QIP will

still be able to function on the network.

Using iSNS. The name service for iSCSI is iSNS. The iSNS server maintains a list of iSCSI

target names for the devices on the network. The library or QIP will register the names

of the devices, attached to it, with the iSNS server. The list of iSCSI devices on the

network is made available to initiators for the purpose of establishing a connection.

Once the library or QIP iSCSI targets are registered with the iSNS server, the iSNS

option should not be disabled. To disable the iSNS option first, de-register the target

devices from the iSNS server, and then turn off the iSNS option on the library or QIP.

The order of events is important when enabling or disabling iSNS:

1. Configure the Ethernet parameters using the LC.

2. Prepare iSNS server for device registration.

3. Connect the QIP to the iSNS server.

4. Enable iSNS option on QIP.

5. Reboot the QIP.

Note: All library Ethernet parameters need to be configured prior to

registering with the iSNS server. Once the Ethernet parameters

have been configured, it is then okay to enable iSNS and reboot

the QIP.

If you registered your library with iSNS first, you can correct the

problem in either of the following two ways:

• By stopping the iSNS service. To do this, remove the files

MSISNS1.DAT and MSISNS0.DAT from the \\WINNT

directory (on 2000). Then restart the iSNS service.

• Or, reboot the iSNS server.

Best Practices for iSCSI and IP SANs

IP SANs should be based on GigE 1000BaseT network topography. Since backups and

storage networks create a good deal of traffic a dedicated subnet should be utilized. IP

SANs should not be sharing bandwidth with regular user LAN traffic. To increase

performance jumbo frames (9K MTU) should be used.

The best performance with iSCSI is achieved by setting the iSCSI parameters to the

following state:

•R2T=no

• Immediate Data = Yes or no

The parameters below can be set to the maximum values listed below:

• First Burst Length = 128K

• Maximum Burst Length = 256K

• Maximum Max Receive Buffer Length = 64K

Best performance is achieved by setting these values to their maximum value.

Reporting End of Media/End of File for NDMP Backup Applications

Some versions of backup applications use the NDMP version 2 messaging for events

like the reporting of EOM conditions. The NDMP mover agent for the tape library can

be configured to report EOM conditions as EOF or EOM.

Setting EOM Reporting on 12K/20K/64K

The 12K/20K/64K Set QIP NDMP EOM option is configured through a Diagnostic

utility (Figure 3)

Figure 3 Library Diagnostics screen with Set QIP NDMP EOM option selected.

Other manuals for Spectra 12K

This manual suits for next models

Table of contents

Other Spectra Logic Storage manuals

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T120 LIBRARY User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic BlackPearl NAS User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 64K Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 2k User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 Guide

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 64K User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T50e User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra nTier700 Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 12K User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 2000 User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 10000 User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 12K User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 10000 User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T950 User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 64K User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 10000 User manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 12K Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 12K Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic AIT-4 Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T120 Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T50e Parts list manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic Spectra 2000 Manual

Spectra Logic

Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T50 User manual

Popular Storage manuals by other brands

QNAP

QNAP TS 32PXU Series user guide

LaCie

LaCie RUGGED RAID user manual

Freecom

Freecom CLS DOCK Quick install guide

PNY

PNY Attache P-FD64MBATT3 install guide

HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Getting started

OLT

OLT 6x6 Maximizer Assembly manual

Transcend

Transcend JetFlash 160 Specifications

LaCie

LaCie RUGGED MINI user manual

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt 600 user manual

Panasonic

Panasonic LB-DH8 series Operator's guide

Intel

Intel RAID High Availability user guide

LaCie

LaCie 12big Thunderbolt 3 Quick install guide

Panasonic

Panasonic LKM-F931-1 instruction manual

Tabernus

Tabernus Enterprise Erase E2400 user guide

Rocstor

Rocstor COMMANDER 3F series user manual

HP P9000 user guide

Western Digital

Western Digital Ultrastar Data60 installation guide

Dell

Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series Getting started