Dell PowerVault TL2000 Release Notes

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When a user performs an upgrade of a unit with the initial RTS Firmware (0.80 FW), the librarywill show now a service tag field in the RMU (Remote Management Interface). The value in thefield will not correspond to your unit actual service tag. The value in the service tag field will read“ABC1234”. The service tag information is added during the manufacturing process. Your servicetag is not changed; you can find the service tag in the front of the unit.PowerVault TL4000 has a reserved slot “DCS” (designated cleaning slot)Initial 0.80 Firmware for the TL4000 has a reserved cleaning slot. Firmware 3.90 added a featurethat allows the user to reconfigure the cleaning slot and the I/O slots into storage. A firmwareupdate will leave the library slot configuration settings intact. If the user needs to take advantageof the new added functionality, the user must change the configuration manually. Refer toproduct user guide located at www.dell.com for feature configurationPowerVault TL2000/TL4000 now restores the network to DHCP on when a factory defaultrestore is executedInitial 0.80 Firmware release did not restore the network configurations settings to their factorydefaults DHCP on when a factory defaults restore was performed in the unit. Issue is corrected inthe 3.90 FirmwarePowerVault TL2000/TL4000 now provides feedback to the user after the tasks are executedInitial 0.80 Firmware release did not provide the user with feedback when the tasks wereexecuted. i.e. FW upgrade, configuration changes, etc. Firmware 3.90 provides the user feedbackupon completing the task requested by the userPowerVault TL2000/TL4000 did not validate the e-mail address during the e-mailnotification set upInitial 0.80 Firmware did not validate the user entered a valid e-mail format during he e-mailnotification setup. Firmware 3.90 now validates the e-mail address for correct format and sends atest message to the provided e-mail as part of the e-mail notification set up processKnown IssuesTl2000/TL4000 LT03 library drives with initial RTS Firmware version (6AB1) cannot havetheir firmware updated via the unit RMU interface.In order to upgrade a LT03 drive with starting FW 6AB1, use the ITDT tool provide with the FWupgrade packageTL2000 Documentation is not accurate when it describes the behavior of the DiagnosticsTL2000/4000 documentation claims that the media will be return to the starting inventory locationafter the diagnostics test “slot to slot” is executed. This statement is incorrect. Running the slot toslot diagnostics test will result on lost media inventory information. User must re-inventory thelibrary after a slot to slot diagnostics test is executedTL2000/TL4000 Reports Wrong unit configuration during bootThe TL4000/TL2000 reports unit configuration status during its boot process. The configurationreported in some instances does not match the actual library configuration i.e. “number of drives”,“state of the I/O slot”. The issue is due to the library reporting the status prior to fully configure thedevices. Once the library initialization is complete the library configuration will be correct. Pleaseignore the booting process messages until the unit has completed its initializing cycleTL2000/TL4000 Drive power configuration changes (make to more than a single drive) donot take effect when half height drives are installed in the unit

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