Sony Storage Support

Download the Sony Tape Tool for Sun Solaris to a directory of your choice.

Change to that directory and extract ( tar -zxvf ).

You will need to make sure that your Sony tape drive/autoloader is listed in st.conf. Please reference the Unix Configuration Guide (available at sony.storagesupport,com Documentation page) for specific tape drive st.conf settings.

If you are trying to upgrade the firmware in a SONY LIB-81 or LIB-162 Medium Changer you will need to make the following changes to sgen.conf:

device-type-config-list="changer";

name="sgen" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=2 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=3 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=4 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=5 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=6 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=7 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=8 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=9 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=10 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=11 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=12 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=13 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=14 lun=0;
name="sgen" class="scsi" target=15 lun=0;

To enable sgen (disabled as default):

# touch /reconfigure
# shutdown -i0 -g30 -y

You can use the Configuration Administrator (cfgadm) to determine your device number.

#cfgadm -al
Ap_Id: c0::rmt/0
Type: tape
Receptacle: connected
Occupant: configured
Condition: unknown

If tape device can not be derived (c0::st0) check st.conf or sgen.conf. If you have to add the device to st.conf or modify sgen.conf you will have to:

# touch /reconfigure

# shutdown -i0 g30 -y

Also the SCSI host adapter may not configured so please check.

#cfgadm -al
Ap_Id: c0
Type: scsi-bus
Receptacle: connected
Occupant: unconfigured
Condition: unknown

If the SCSI host adapter is not configured:

# cfgadm -c configure c0

# cfgadm -al

Download the firmware file from the Internet to same directory as Sony Tape Tool for Sun Solaris.

Now you are ready to upgrade the firmware.

Usage: sonytape -f

Example:

./sonytape /dev/rmt/0 -f sdx700~1.x70
SONY tape device detected.
SONY SDX-700C Revision: 0102
Firmware file size = 922112 bytes
Upgrading tape drive firmware.
Warning!! Do Not Power Off Drive!!
This process takes a few minutes.
Firmware upgrade complete.
SONY SDX-700C Revision: 0102
Done.