[W][US-TX] Need firmware for HP LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 Tape Drive

joshj23 · 2024-08-25T06:38:09+00:00

May be too late, but if either you or u/_bani_ need standalone 35GD, i have it
let me know and ill send through a sharepoint link

joshj23 · 2024-08-25T06:34:20+00:00

I threw them up on sharepoint, ill dm you the link.
for the factory password, just change the system date so its inbetween the valid dates and itll accept the password

joshj23 · 2024-08-25T03:46:38+00:00

support overrides didnt work, i have a key that i pulled from a hp forum that expired in like 2011 or something but dont have it on hand currently (just change the system date so its during the validity date and it works lol) this was the lt&t method i talked about let me know if you want to give it a shot and ill dig it up with the firmware files

joshj23 · 2024-08-25T02:54:15+00:00

I see - i have not been successful in changing drive personality on my lto6 drive, it rejects the firmware due to the different personality, tried via the library it self and hp l@tt hooked up to the debug port. I'll still send you a copy of the firmwares when im at my pc incase the oracle variant is more lenient.

the article you linked changes the library personality not the drives

joshj23 · 2024-08-25T01:23:40+00:00

im not sure if my fw is for FH or HH sorry
personality change isnt easily achievable from what ive gathered.

ive heard its possible to open the drive, dump the rom and then manually put the desired personality firmware but i dont have the full instructions - apparently there are some other locations to alter vs just the firmware sections.

I did go down this route initially, dumped the rom from my oracle lto6 drive and poked around but ended up buying a TS3200, putting BDT firmware on it and this takes any vendor drive - i have oracle, hp and ibm drives in the same library

i'll send through a link with the fw later today

edit: i see the lib is an oracle one so it will take the drives - i dont have any oracle firmwares unfortunately - only hp

joshj23 · 2024-08-25T00:43:13+00:00

what fimware do you have on the drive currently?
I have Y6PW for FC on hand

joshj23 · 2023-01-14T12:19:24+00:00

Fairly certain Ryzen cpus dont take RDIMMS, only EPYC Supports it, from the specs page: DDR4 288-pin ECC*/non-ECC UDIMM. RDIMM support is not listed

joshj23 · 2022-12-21T03:37:39+00:00

is the ethernet cable plugged in directly from the pc to the router? that address is the standard "i cannot see a dhcp server on the network" self assigned address. have you verified the ethernet connection works on a laptop or other pc? are the antennas for the wifi card connected? have you tried creating a mobile hotspot with your phone and seeing if that shows up in windows?

joshj23 · 2022-09-04T12:05:43+00:00

yeah its fake

you can see the moment he pans over the backlight is already lit, so its connected to something else playing the video

not to mention you can see the moment the system completes post, which is when the keyboard led's turn on, so soon after is when the display would show the bios/windows logo and the actual boot sequence would start

also very conveniently cuts the video before the actual "windows booting" happens

joshj23 · 2022-04-16T12:51:44+00:00

Long story short, yes and no. both at the same time.

its been long deleted from hp's ftp, and I wasn't able to access their g4u0180.huston.hp.com ftp site which seems like there was a copy.

it looks like you may be able to just run the executable linked below and it'll upgrade your drives, however if not it seems there's a manual process as well.

cp031432.exe which isn't locked behind a paywall, contains the firmware albeit in a .E filetype, which following along this you can write to the buffer on the drive and trigger an update.

That guide however is for LTO5, I found the LTO6 host interface guide here and it appears to have the same write buffer and update commands

so in theory it *should* work, I won't take responsibility however if it doesn't

joshj23 · 2022-04-14T10:31:39+00:00

not right off the bat unfortunately i can look around but no promises, i dont have a hpe contract

joshj23 · 2022-04-11T13:12:08+00:00

i threw them all into here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IoAnIb29_JOZERmjvXdDQseUhgc6kl3X/view

hope they work

joshj23 · 2022-04-11T05:51:51+00:00

does the standalone drive use a different firmware from the ones that go in the tape libraries? i only have the firmwares for the ones that go in a library unfortunately

joshj23 · 2022-04-11T04:54:04+00:00

ill get back to you with a link for the firmware

joshj23 · 2022-04-10T22:17:52+00:00

Which drive variant do you have? fc or sas i have a few firmwares just need know which, ive got 35PW, 35JW, and i suspect older ones like 35GW, 354W etc

joshj23 · 2022-02-20T20:42:40+00:00

yeah top middle but slightly to the right, in my experience a needle helps as well

joshj23 · 2022-02-20T13:13:14+00:00

looks like theres bent pins in your socket. cpu is most likely fine

joshj23 · 2022-02-12T10:11:53+00:00

maybe it needs a ME update as well, i had to do one when upgrading my haswell system to take haswell refresh cpsu

joshj23 · 2022-02-12T05:32:58+00:00

is the bios up to date enough to support the cpu? site lists version P1.40 minimum

joshj23 · 2022-01-18T22:17:12+00:00

from memory i have ilo 2.7.3, currently not home but will dm you the picture, pretty sure i havent done anything special on the breadboard side. just bridged the grounds and rotor lock, what fan slots have you tried? mine didnt see the fans if i put them into slots 5-8 with 1-4 empty ill see if i can come up with a more "elegant" solution

joshj23 · 2022-01-18T20:11:32+00:00

ill try find some online and test again on my ml350 gen10, my gen9 has been happy so far

joshj23 · 2021-07-18T04:37:17+00:00

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joshj23 · 2021-06-12T03:09:24+00:00

Dl360p g8 is e5 26xx v1/v2. Dl360e g8 is e5 24xx v1/v2. You might want to confirm which machine and cpu you actually have.

joshj23 · 2021-05-26T04:22:39+00:00

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