T10000 - Firmware fixes for 1.38.107 (Doc ID 1019870.1)

Last updated on MARCH 17, 2025

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Firmware fixes for T10000 with 1.38.107/207 microcode
Fixes I/O timeout error for key not found.
FSC6038  Prevent 6038 SNO on drives with RFID communcation problems.
FSC36F7  Fix SNO 36F7 reading to EOD during error recovery and the drive has been told to halt.
FSC493A  Fixes SNO 493A on tape load after SNO.
Preserve old RFID format so code load tapes can be run on drives with older code.
Add feature: log IDs of drives cleaned on RFID of cleaning cart.
FSC349C  Add error recovery for 394C write ops compare errors.
FSC36F6  Fix 36F6 SNO during DSE and a discontinuity error occurs.
Fix possible timeout writing on a  VOLSAFE tape.
FSC335E Fix 335e hangs/timeouts on long channel extender.
Drive was sometimes reporting incorrect block ID after a perm write error at physical end of tape.
FSC3697 Fix SNO 3697 caused by locates within highly compressible data.
Correct Prevent un-loadable tapes due to problems writing RFID validity.
FSC4065 Fix for 4065  caused by a false End of Wrap detected during a read error.
FSC348D Fix 348d sno by retrying space errors.
FSC36A6 Fix for 36A6.
Provide redundancy of data on cleaning carts.
Disable Tape Alert for Lost Statistics that is reported every load.
Correctly set ERP timeout based on mode select command for fibre drives. Previously, ERP timeout may have been set too short.
FSC3202  Fix SNO 3202 writing into Physical End of Volume.
Fix for POTC (tape usage counts) values not incrementing on physically backward wraps and Sport Tape 3590 sector values not correct at the beginning of some wraps.
Changes to allow reading of marginally written tapes with certain progressive write records.
FSC3202 Fix SNO 3202 During write ERP.
Event Logs serial number format has been changed from an "Integer" representation to an ASCII string representation.
FSC0171  Fixes FSC 0171.
Add feature: automatically upgrade RFID firmware code.
FSC3002  Fix FSC 3002 so MIR ERP will function correctly.
Fix MIH timeout in VSM attached environment. FICON.
FSC2606 Fix FSC 2606 SNO. FICON.
FSC091F Fixes FSC 091F on a MVS RTD attached to a VSM running 1.34.109. FICON.
Extend RW timers for CISCO channel extension from 1.5 sec to 4 sec. FICON.
Fix a problem that could cause a 2B5C SNO during drive IPL. FC only.
Fix a minor error in data returned by the Security Protocol In command. FC only.
Fix an Abort Task Set being interpreted as Clear Task Set. FC only.
FSC2ACD Fix 2ACD sno during interface failover testing. FC only.
FSC2B31 Fix SNO 2B31 occurred during NetBackup tape label operation. FC only.

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