SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP14469 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Compaq DRTape FW upgrade for the DDS4 Tape Drive P/N 157769-B21 Internal (US) P/N 157769-291 Internal (Japan) P/N 157770-001 External (US) P/N 157770-291 External (Japan) P/N 157770-B31 External (Intl) VERSION: 1.12 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Storage DIVISIONS: Storage Product Division PRODUCTS AFFECTED: ProLiant 1600, ProLiant 1850R, ProLiant 3000, ProLiant 6400R, ProLiant 5500, ProLiant 7000, ProLiant 8000, ProLiant DL360, ProLiant DL380, ProLiant ML350, ProLiant ML370, ProLiant ML570, OPERATING SYSTEM: MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT VERSION 4.0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: Intel platforms PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2000 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0 SUPERSEDES: SP13107 DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq contains the tape drive firmware files to support Compaq DRTape. This SoftPaq also contains the files required to install Compaq's Tape Storage Management Console (TSMC) utility, which can be used to upgrade your tape drive to the DRTape Ready functionality. The Disaster Recovery functionality (Compaq DRTape) can be employed by use of the Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 application for NT 4.0, with the Intelligent Disaster Recovery option installed. A live trial of this software can be downloaded from the Veritas website. http://www.veritas.com/us/trialsoftware.html NOTE: The DRTape feature is supported only on the following systems with the corresponding listed BIOS Code Levels, and the date of the BIOS code must be the same date or newer than the date listed: Server Type BIOS Code Level Date PL 8000 P41 12/27/1999 PL 7000 (Xeon) P40/P43 12/27/1999 PL 6400R P11 12/10/1999 PL 5500 (Xeon) P12 12/10/1999 PL 3000 P19 12/22/1999 PL 1850R P07 12/10/1999 PL 1600 (Pentium II) P08 12/10/1999 DL 380 P17 12/10/1999 DL 360 P21 12/23/1999 ML 570 P20 08/24/2000 ML 370 P17 12/10/1999 ML 350 D02/F02 06/02/2000 Enhancements/Fixes: Add support for Adaptec controllers HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The SoftPaq file that is downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a file name based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. Press the Space Bar to confirm the unpacking of files into the download directory. 3. After the files have been unpacked, you may delete the self-extracting SoftPaq file downloaded in step 1. 4. For installation instructions, refer to README.TXT in the created directory. 5. After the installation is completed, you may delete the files unpacked in step 2. Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies