Upgrade firmware with upgrade information from a tape cartridge in a wireless manner

摘要

A method may include receiving a respective tape cartridge of a plurality of tape cartridges by a respective cartridge receiving compartment of a plurality of cartridge receiving compartments and configuring a memory of a tape drive manager to include a plurality of information modules associated with the plurality of tape cartridges, respectively. Each information module may include an internal tape identifier to identify a corresponding tape cartridge and a firmware to cause the tape drive manager to write data to and read data from the corresponding tape cartridge. The method may also include upgrading the respective firmware of a respective information module associated with the respective tape cartridge by the tape drive manager using upgrade information obtained from the respective tape cartridge in the wireless manner based on an affirmative identifier determination.

主权项

1. A method of upgrading firmware with upgrade information from a tape cartridge, the method comprising:
receiving a respective tape cartridge of a plurality of tape cartridges by a respective cartridge receiving compartment of a plurality of cartridge receiving compartments of a tape library; configuring a memory of a tape drive manager to include a plurality of information modules associated with the plurality of tape cartridges, respectively, such that each information module to include an internal tape identifier to identify a corresponding tape cartridge and firmware to cause the tape drive manager to write data to and read data from the corresponding tape cartridge; in response to a respective cartridge receiving compartment receiving a respective tape cartridge, determining whether an external tape identifier obtained from the respective tape cartridge in a wireless manner corresponds with an internal tape identifier included in one of the plurality of information modules by the tape drive manager; and when the external tape identifier obtained from the respective tape cartridge corresponds with one of the plurality of information modules, upgrading the corresponding firmware of the one of the plurality of information modules by the tape drive manager using upgrade information obtained from the respective tape cartridge in the wireless manner; subsequently executing the upgraded firmware to write data to and read data from the respective tape cartridge.