sttr40.txt 10-07-04
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Certance/Seagate Travan Tape Driver 1.3
for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
for Intel-IA32, Intel-IA32e/AMD64, and Intel-IA64 Computers -
sttravan.sys
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Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Certance, LLC
All rights reserved
Certance was formerly Seagate Removable Storage Solutions
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This guide gives installation instructions for a software driver that
may be needed to operate a Certance/Seagate Travan ATAPI/IDE, USB, or
SCSI tape drive on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003. This
driver works with Pentium (IA32), Xeon (IA32e), Opteron (AMD64),
Itanium (IA64), and compatible computers.
When Windows does not provide built-in driver support for your tape
drive, an add-on tape driver must be installed for Removable Storage
Manager (RSM) and the native Backup application to operate the tape
drive. (XP Home does not have a native Backup application.) Some
add-on backup applications may not require the installation of a tape
driver.
Install this driver if you plan to use the native Backup application
with your Certance/Seagate Travan-40 ATAPI or USB tape drive.
This driver operates all Seagate/Certance Travan models. If
installed, it may a resolve append errors. See also "sttr40 History".
Contents
========
Device Driver Installation
Creating an Installation Folder from sttr40.exe
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
ATAPI/IDE Hardware Configuration
SCSI Hardware Configuration
Important Notes
Tape Drive Firmware Version Determination
-- Examining the Version of 'sttravan.sys'
-- Supported Tape Drive Models
sttr40 History
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Device Driver Installation
--------------------------
This procedure can be used for installing, or updating a Windows
2000, XP, or Server 2003 tape device driver for a Certance/Seagate
Travan tape drive. The procedure assumes the tape drive is both
powered and connected to a controller appropriate for the tape drive
model. Login with administrator privilege.
The procedure requires a driver installation folder, containing the
file 'sttr40.inf', be available on a CD-ROM, diskette, hard disc,
or network. If not available, visit the section "Creating an
Installation Folder from sttr40.exe" first.
For Windows 2000/XP/2003, the 'Found New Hardware Wizard' may appear
on the first boot after tape drive hardware is connected. In this
case, skip directly to either the 'Windows 2000 Hardware Wizard' or
'Windows XP/2003 Hardware Wizard' section below. Otherwise --
1. Right click on 'My Computer', then select 'Properties'.
2. In 'System Properties', click the 'Hardware' tab, then
click the 'Device Manager' button.
3. In 'Device Manager', open one of these tree branches --
'Other devices' (the driver is not yet installed), or
'Tape drives' (the driver was previously installed),
and find the <Tape Identifier>. For example:
'Seagate STT3401A'.
Right click the above <Tape Identifier>, then select Properties.
Note. If the <Tape Identifier> is not present, Windows did not
detect the drive.
USB:
Verify power and data cables are correctly oriented and
securely connected.
ATAPI/IDE:
Power down the system and verify the power and data cables
are correctly oriented and securely connected. If two or
more devices are attached to an ATAPI/IDE ribbon cable,
verify that the device's Master/Slave do not conflict
(see "ATAPI/IDE Hardware Configuration").
SCSI:
If your SCSI adapter does not appear under 'SCSI and RAID
controllers' in Device Manager's tree, then review the
SCSI adapter's documentation. Power down the system and
verify power and data cables are correctly oriented and
securely connected. Also, if two or more devices are
attached to the SCSI data cable, verify that the device's
SCSI IDs do not conflict (see "SCSI Hardware
Configuration").
You may be able to verify whether the BIOS is detecting an
ATAPI/IDE or SCSI tape drive by enabling and observing the
BIOS's hardware detection display during system boot.
4. In '<Tape Identifier> Properties',
select the 'Driver' tab, then
click the 'Update Driver...' button.
Proceed to either the 'Windows 2000 Hardware Wizard' or
'Windows XP/2003 Hardware Wizard' section below as appropriate.
Windows 2000 Hardware Wizard
----------------------------
5. In 'Found New Hardware Wizard' or 'Upgrade Device Driver Wizard',
'Welcome' ...,
click 'Next'.
6. In 'Install Hardware Device Drivers',
select the top radio button --
(x) Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended),
then click 'Next'
7. In 'Locate Device Drivers',
check the appropriate box --
[ ] Floppy disk drives -- if the driver files are on
floppy, then insert the driver floppy, or
[ ] CD-ROM drives -- if the driver files are on
CD, then insert the driver CD, or
[ ] Specify a location -- if the driver files are on
your hard disc or a network server.
then click 'Next'.
8. If you see a sub-dialog with the prompt --
'Copy manufacturer's files from:',
type the full pathname of the folder containing sttr40.inf,
then click 'OK'.
Note: One way to locate the folder containing the file
sttr40.inf, is to right click 'Start', select 'Search...'
then 'Look in: My Computer' for the file 'sttr40.inf'.
9. In 'Driver Files Search Results'...
If you see the following check box at the bottom of the dialog,
'[x] Install one of the other drivers'
then check it,
then click 'Next'.
Otherwise, if no check box appears, you should see
'Windows found a driver for this device...'
<pathname>\sttr40.inf',
then click 'Next', and skip to step 11.
10. In 'Driver Files Found',
select (click to highlight) the driver --
'Certance/Seagate Travan Tape (sttravan.sys 1.3)'
then click 'Next'.
11. In 'Completing the Found New/Upgrade Device Driver Wizard',
you should see
'The wizard has finished installing the software for:
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape (sttravan.sys 1.3)',
then click 'Finish'.
Windows XP/2003 Hardware Wizard
-------------------------------
5. In 'Found New Hardware Wizard' or 'Hardware Update Wizard':
'Welcome ...',
select BOTTOM radio button --
(x) Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
then click 'Next'
6. In 'Please choose your search and installation options.'
select the BOTTOM radio button --
(x) Don't search. I will chose the driver to install.
then click 'Next'.
7. If the 'Hardware Type.' dialog appears,
select 'Tape drives' near the end of the list,
then click 'Next'.
8. In 'Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware',
click the 'Have Disk...' button.
9. In 'Install From Disk'
'Copy manufacturer's files from:',
type the floppy disk drive letter (e.g., A:\), or the full
pathname of the folder containing sttr40.inf,
then click 'OK'.
Note: Optionally, 'Browse' can be used to select the folder
containing the file sttr40.inf. One way to locate the
folder containing sttr40.inf, is to right click 'Start',
select 'Search...' then 'Look in: My Computer' for the
file sttr40.inf.
10. Now back in 'Select the device driver you want to install ...'
select (click to highlight) the driver --
'Certance/Seagate Travan Tape (sttravan.sys 1.3)',
then click 'Next'.
11. If you see the dialog --
'Hardware Installation
! The software you are installing for this hardware
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape (sttravan.sys 1.3)
has not passed Windows Logo testing ...'
click 'Continue Anyway'.
12. The wizard then shows
'Please wait while the wizard installs the software ...'
and proceeds to install the driver.
13. In 'Completing the Found New/Update Hardware Wizard',
you should see
'The wizard has completed installing the software for:
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape (sttravan.sys 1.3)'
then click 'Finish'.
If the driver is being re-installed or updated you may be asked to
reboot for the driver to take effect. Otherwise no reboot should be
needed.
The Certance/Seagate Travan tape drive is now installed and ready to
use.
Windows 2000, XP Pro, and Server 2003 uses two programs to manage tape
backups -- 'Removable Storage Manager' and 'Backup'.
Note: Windows XP Home does not provide a tape backup application.
Removable Storage Manager, at a lower level, recognizes removable
storage devices (such as tape drives) and their media (such as tapes).
Removable Storage Manager maintains a data base of tapes which is
organized by 'allocating' tapes to various media 'pools'.
The Backup program, at a higher level, backs up and restore system
files. Backup uses services of Removable Storage Manager to gain
access to tapes.
To verify that Removable Storage Manager has recognized the tape
drive --
Right click 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'.
In 'Computer Management', follow the tree
Computer Management (local)
- Storage
- Removable Storage
- Physical Locations [Windows 2000]
- Libraries [Windows XP/2003]
In this tree, you should see an entry similar to:
'SEAGATE STT3401A SCSI Sequential Device'.
For help on Removable Storage, click the help icon
and open the 'Removable Storage' book.
For Windows 2000, XP Professional (not XP Home), or Server 2003,
you can use the
Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup
applet to verify correct tape drive operation.
Note. If you use the Removable Storage Manager 'Mount' command, the
mounted tape becomes inaccessible to Windows Backup until you use
RSM 'Dismount'. Also, after an RSM 'Mount', you must use
'Dismount' before 'Eject' can be successful under Windows 2000.
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Creating an Installation Folder from sttr40.exe
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This procedure creates a driver installation folder, or floppy,
containing driver files needed in either "Device Driver Installation",
or "Automated System Recovery (ASR)" sections. It assumes you have
downloaded the file sttr40_<version>.exe from
http://www.certance.com
sttr40_<version>.exe is a self-extracting 32-bit WinZip program.
1. Open a Windows Explorer (e.g., right click Start -> Explore).
2. Locate the download folder containing sttr40.exe.
Note. Another way to locate the folder containing
sttr40.exe, is to right click 'Start',
select 'Search...',
then 'Look in: My Computer' for the file sttr40*.exe.
3. Double click sttr40_<version>.exe to start the self-extractor.
4. You will see a dialog box titled
'WinZip Self-Extractor [sttr40_<version>.exe]'.
5. In the Unzip To Folder field, set the name of a driver
installation folder or floppy. For example,
"C:\sttravan" for a hard disk driver installation folder,
or
A:\ for a driver installation floppy.
6. Click the Unzip button.
7. You will see "8 file(s) unzipped successfully", then click OK.
8. Click Close
The following files will be copied to the driver installation folder
or floppy:
sttr40.txt This document
sttr40.inf Setup information
sttr40.cat Digital signature catalog
txtsetup.oem Information for Windows OS installation
i386\tapestub.sys Dummy driver for OS installation
i386\sttravan.sys Driver for Intel-IA32
amd64\sttravan.sys Driver for Intel-IA32e/AMD64 (64e)
ia64\sttravan.sys Driver for Intel-IA64
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Automated System Recovery (ASR)
-------------------------------
Windows XP Professional and Server 2003 have an Automated System
Recovery (ASR) feature. ASR restores the Windows system partition
from a backup tape and supplementary floppy, previously created
by the Windows Backup application's Tools -> ASR Wizard.
To perform a recovery using ASR you need the following media:
- Windows installation CD.
- ASR floppy diskette created by the Windows Backup ASR Wizard
containing filenames similar to:
A:\setup.log
A:\asr.sif
A:\asrpnp.sif
- ASR tape created by the Windows Backup ASR Wizard.
When viewed by Backup's "Restore and Manage Media" tab,
you should see a directory structure similar to:
- [ ] Operating System Backup mm/dd/yyyy
- [ ] C:<volume-label>
+ [ ] Documents and Settings
+ [ ] Program Files
+ [ ] System and Volume Information
+ [ ] Windows
- [ ] C:<volume-label>
- [ ] Windows
- [ ] Repair asr.sif
asrpnp.sif
[ ] System State Boot Files
COM+ Class Registration Database
Registry
- Host adapter driver floppy diskette if an add-on adapter driver was
originally required for Windows to recognize your host adapter.
- Tape driver floppy if the Windows installation CD-ROM (or other
media) does not include driver support for your tape drive.
If 'Yes' appears in the table below, then to successfully perform
an Automated System Recovery, the tape driver must be installed
from floppy, using F6, during the recovery procedure.
Tape Driver Installation Floppy Required for ASR Windows Installation
===========================================================
| Windows XP | Windows
| Professional CD | Server 2003 CD
Tape Drive |-----------------------|----------------
Technology | no-SP | SP1 | SP2 | no-SP
-----------------------------------------------------------
Travan-40 ATAPI | Yes | - | - | -
Travan-40 USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
===========================================================
For entries that contain a '-' the Windows installation CD-ROM
installs the qic157.sys driver.
If 'Yes' appears in the table above, then a tape driver
installation floppy containing the file "txtsetup.oem", and
structured similar to the below is required:
A:\sttr40.txt
A:\sttr40.inf
A:\sttr40.cat
A:\txtsetup.oem
A:\i386\tapestub.sys
A:\i386\sttravan.sys
A:\amd64\sttravan.sys
A:\ia64\sttravan.sys
A tape driver floppy can be created either by copying the files
from the CD that accompanied your drive, or by extracting files
from a driver package downloaded through the internet. See
"Creating an Installation Folder from sttr40.exe".
If you choose to restore Windows using Automated System Recovery,
then use this procedure as a guide:
1. Boot the Windows XP Professional or Server 2003 CD.
Note. You may need to alter your BIOS Setup configuration
in order to boot from CD.
2. Press F6, when the following message appears, if an add-on
tape driver is to be installed from floppy and/or you need to
install a driver for a host adapter.
Windows Setup
===============
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...
Note. The "Press F6" message appears for about 5 seconds
shortly after the first text-mode "Windows Setup" blue
screen appears. If you miss the 5 second window, press
CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart the system.
3. Press F2 when the following message appears:
Windows Setup
===============
Press F2 to run Automated System Recovery (ASR)...
4. If not already inserted, Windows Setup prompts to insert the
the Automated System Recovery floppy, then press Enter.
[ Setup loads many components from the Windows CD. ]
5. If you pressed F6 to install a tape driver and/or host adapter
driver, then at the screen:
Windows Setup
===============
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass
storage devices installed on your system, or you have
chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup
will load support for the following mass storage
devices(s):
<none>
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives,
or special disk controllers for use with Windows,
including those for which you have a device support
disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a
mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to
specify additional mass storage devices for use with
Windows, press ENTER.
S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit
Press S, then
at the screen:
Windows Setup
===============
Please Insert the disk labeled
Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk
into Drive A:
* Press ENTER when ready.
ENTER=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit
If you need to install a tape [or host adapter] driver, then
insert Tape Driver [or host adapter] floppy, then
press ENTER, then at the screen:
Windows Setup
===============
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with
Windows, using a device support disk provided by an
adapter manufacturer.
Select the SCSI adapter you want from the following list,
or press ESC to return to the previous screen.
[ If you are installing a host adapter driver, host adapter
choices are displayed instead. ]
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape for Windows 2000/XP/2003 i386 (Pentium)
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape for Windows XP/2003 AMD64/IA32e (64e)
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape for Windows XP/2003 IA64 (Itanium)
ENTER=Select F3=Exit [ you can also use ESC=Cancel ]
Use the arrow keys to select a tape driver that corresponds
to your operating system and CPU [or host adapter], then
press Enter, then
at the screen:
Windows Setup
===============
Setup will load support for the following mass storage
devices(s):
[ If you are installing a host adapter driver, a host adapter
name is displayed here. ]
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape for Windows 2000/XP/2003 i386 (Pentium)
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives,
or special disk controllers for use with Windows,
including those for which you have a device support
disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a
mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to
specify additional mass storage devices for use with
Windows, press ENTER.
S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit
If you need to install an adapter driver, press S and repeat
this procedure for the adapter driver, otherwise
press ENTER.
[ Setup starts the text-mode setup/repair kernel. ]
6. If not already inserted, Windows Setup prompts to insert the
the Automated System Recovery floppy, then press Enter.
[ Setup formats the original Windows hard disk partition (usually C:). ]
[ Setup creates a lists of files to copy to the Windows partition. ]
7. If you are installing a tape driver, Windows Setup asks you to
insert the tape driver floppy, then press Enter.
If you are installing a host adapter driver, Windows Setup asks
you to insert the host adapter driver floppy, then press Enter.
[ Setup copies files to the Windows hard disk partition. ]
8. If not already inserted, Windows Setup prompts to insert the
the Automated System Recovery floppy, then press Enter.
[ Setup reboots and starts GUI mode Setup. ]
[ Setup performs a partial Windows installation. ]
9. If you are installing a tape driver that does not have
a Microsoft digital signature, then respond to the
following pop-ups as shown:
Software Installation
! has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its
compatibility with Windows.
<snip>
Do you want to continue installing the software?
[ Yes ] [ No ]
click Yes.
Hardware Installation
! The software you are installing for this hardware:
Certance/Seagate Travan Tape (sttravan.sys 1.3)
has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its
compatibility with Windows.
<snip>
Do you want to continue installing the software for this
hardware?
[ Yes ] [ No ]
click Yes.
Files Needed
The file 'sttravan.sys' on Certance/Seagate [ OK ]
Travan Tape Driver 1.3 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 [ Cancel ]
is needed.
Type the path where the file is located, and
then click OK.
Copy files from:
[ C:\WINDOWS\OemDir\i386 ] [ Browse... ]
edit the path to contains only 'C:\WINDOWS\OemDir'
(remove the '\i386', '\amd64', or '\ia64' from the end of path),
then click OK.
[ Setup starts the Backup program to restore the ASR tape:
"ntbackup recover /1 /sifpath=C:\Windows\repair\asr.sif" ]
10. If the Backup program displays:
"Insert Media
(i) Insert the following media:
Operating System Backup mm/dd/yyyy
Media #1.
Do you want to continue?
[ Yes ] [ No ]"
Possible causes and solutions are:
- The ASR tape is not inserted in the tape drive.
Insert the tape created by the Windows Backup ASR Wizard.
- The tape does not contain the ASR backup, or is unreadable.
Examine the ASR tape's directory structure on another
computer. See the beginning of this section for an example
ASR tape directory structure.
- An add-on tape and/or host adapter driver, if required,
was not installed.
If Windows originally required add-on tape and/or host
adapter drivers to recognize your tape drive, then verify
whether drivers were installed as discussed earlier in
this section.
- Windows did not detect the tape drive.
Verify that tape data and power cables are securely
connected.
[ The Backup program restores the ASR tape. ]
11. At completion of the ASR, Windows boots the recovered system.
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ATAPI/IDE Hardware Configuration
--------------------------------
Please pay attention to these hardware configuration considerations
for ATAPI/IDE tape drives:
Shut down the system and turn power off before installing or
configuring hardware.
When an IDE hard disc is attached to a primary IDE cable, it is
recommended that, when possible, the tape drive be connected to
the secondary IDE cable.
When two drives (for example a CD-ROM and a Tape drive) share an
IDE cable, one must be configured as Master and the other as
Slave. Master is sometimes referred to as SCSI Target ID 0,
while Slave, is referred to as SCSI Target ID 1.
There are two techniques used to configure Master/Slave --
Cable Select, and Explicit Master/Slave Jumper.
The Cable Select technique configures one device as Master and
the other as Slave by means of the connector to which the device
is attached. Typically the device attached to the end of the
cable is Master and the device connected to the middle is Slave.
There are two requirements for the Cable Select technique to
function correctly. 1) The IDE cable must be constructed to
support Cable Select (the CSEL line, pin 28, is typically open
for the middle connector and grounded for the end connector),
and 2) both devices must be configured with jumpers installed
on their CS pins.
The Explicit Master/Slave Jumper technique permits the drive
installer to control which drive is Master and which is Slave.
The installer configures one drive as Master by installing
the MA jumper, and the other as Slave by installing the SL
jumper. Note that some drive models combine Master/Slave
configuration with a single jumper. For example, the device
is Master when the MA jumper is installed or Slave when the
MA jumper is removed.
For a single drive configuration, usually the best choice is
connection to the end of the cable as a Master device.
If you are unsure of the device configuration technique, consult
the hardware manuals for both your computer and drives.
If you are still unsure, try the Explicit Master/Slave Jumper
technique mentioned above.
You can verify the configuration by enabling and observing the
BIOS's report of IDE and ATAPI devices found, during a system boot.
SCSI Hardware Configuration
---------------------------
Please pay attention to these hardware configuration considerations
for SCSI tape drives:
Shut down the system and turn power off before installing or
configuring hardware.
Use appropriate ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) precautions to
prevent static electricity from damaging your tape drive and
computer. For example, use a wrist strap designed to prevent ESD.
Select a tape drive SCSI ID that does not conflict with other the
devices, including the host adapter, connected the SCSI cable.
Normally, the SCSI host adapter is set to the SCSI ID 7.
Your SCSI host adapter should be configured to 'Enable
Disconnect' for all SCSI device IDs. It is especially critical
that the SCSI adapter be configured to 'Enable Disconnect' for
the tape drive's device ID. If not, then accesses to the SCSI
hard disc can timeout because they cannot gain access to the SCSI
bus during long duration tape commands such as Rewind or Seek to
End-of-Data. If you have an Adaptec SCSI Host Adapter, you may
be able to set the 'Enable Disconnect' configuration by entering
<Ctrl><A> to enter the Adaptec BIOS during boot. Consult your
SCSI host adapter manual.
The SCSI cable must be correctly electrically terminated at both
ends and only at the ends. Forms of cable termination vary.
Termination may be built into one or both cable ends.
Termination may be in the form of a terminator plug which is
either plugged into the end of the cable or plugged into a pass
through connector on the SCSI device attached to the end of a
cable. Many Single Ended (SE) SCSI devices provide termination
as a selectable function that can be enabled, via jumper or
switch, if the device is connected to the end of the cable. Most
Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI devices (except for host
controllers) do not provide built in termination. The SCSI
controller is also a SCSI device and thus, when it is the final
device on a cable, must be terminated. By design, most modern
SCSI controllers automatically enable on-board termination when
positioned as the final device on the cable.
SCSI devices, in the middle of the cable daisy chain, should have
terminators disabled.
You may be able to verify the configuration by enabling and
observing the BIOS's report of SCSI devices found, during
system boot.
Consult the hardware documentation for your SCSI adapter and other
SCSI devices for configuration and termination information.
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Important Notes
---------------
Tape Drive Firmware Version Determination
For ATAPI/IDE and SCSI tape drives, you can find the tape drive
firmware version using the Registry Editor (regedit) as follows.
1. Open the Registry Editor --
click 'Start' -> 'Run',
then in the 'Open:' field type 'regedit',
then click OK.
2. From the Registry Editor menu bar --
select 'Edit' -> 'Find...',
in the 'Find what:' field, type 'Seagate STT' (without quotes),
in 'Look at:' make sure that, at least, 'Data' is checked,
then click 'Find Next'.
3. 'Find' searches the registry and should stop and display
something similar to --
Left hand window:
My Computer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HARDWARE
DEVICEMAP
Scsi
Scsi Bus <n>
Target Id <n>
Logical Unit Id <n>
Right hand window:
Name Type Data
(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
DeviceName REG_SZ Tape0
Identifier REG_SZ Seagate STT3401A
InquiryData REG_BINARY 01 80 02 42 5B 00 00 10 53 65 61...
Type REG_SZ TapePeripheral
4. Double click on 'InquiryData' to open a 'Edit Binary Value' dialog:
---------------------------------------
Edit Binary Value
Value name:
Inquiry Data
Value data:
0000 01 80 02 42 5B 00 00 10 ...B[...
0008 53 65 61 67 61 74 65 20 Seagate
0010 53 54 54 33 34 30 31 41 STT3401A
0018 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
0020 32 30 34 58 00 00 00 00 305F.... <-- Firmware Version 305F
(snip)
[ OK ] [Cancel]
---------------------------------------
Locate the line that begins with 0020. On this line, the
firmware version is the first 4 characters of the 8-character
ASCII data field on the right hand end of the line (305F in
this example).
Click Cancel to close the dialogue.
Examining the Version of 'sttravan.sys'
1. Right click on 'My Computer', then select 'Properties'.
2. In 'System Properties', click the 'Device Manager' button.
3. In 'Device Manager', open the Device Manager tree
'Tape drives',
and find the Tape Identifier. For example:
'Seagate STT3401A'.
Right click the above identifier, then select Properties.
4. In 'Seagate STT3401A Properties',
select the 'Drivers' tab, then
click the 'Driver Details...' button.
You should see 'File version: 1.3'.
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Supported Tape Drive Models
---------------------------
The table below identifies tape drive models supported by the
following driver binaries:
i386\sttravan.sys -- Certance/Seagate Travan Tape Driver 1.3
for Windows 2000/XP/2003 Intel-IA32 Computers
File date: 09-05-04 File size: 12,800
amd64\sttravan.sys -- Certance/Seagate Travan Tape Driver 1.3
for Windows 2000/XP/2003 Intel-IA32e/AMD64 Computers
File date: 09-05-04 File size: 16,384
ia64\sttravan.sys -- Certance/Seagate Travan Tape Driver 1.3
for Windows 2000/XP/2003 Intel-IA64 Computers
File date: 09-05-04 File size: 31,232
Travan Tape Drive Models
=========================================================================
Name Technology Bus Model Inquiry String Series
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Falcon-1 QIC-3080 SCSI CTM3200{I,R}-S CONNER CTMS 3200 7
Falcon-2 TR-4 SCSI CTT8000{I,R}-S CONNER CTT8000-S 1
Hornet-8 TR-4 SCSI STT{2,3}8000N Seagate STT8000N 3
Hornet-NS8 TR-4 SCSI STT{2,3}8000N-C Seagate STT8000N 4
Hornet-20 TR-5 SCSI STT{2,3}20000N Seagate STT20000N 6
Hornet-NS20 TR-5 SCSI STT{2,3}20000N-C Seagate STT20000N 7
Bali-1 QIC-3080 ATAPI CTM4000{I,R}-A CONNER CTMA 4000 3
Bali-2 TR-4 ATAPI CTT8000{I,R}-A CONNER CTT8000-A 1
Bali-2A TR-4 ATAPI CTT8000{I,R}-A CONNER CTT8000-A 2
Hornet-8 TR-4 ATAPI STT{2,3,6}8000A Seagate STT8000A 5
Hornet-20 TR-5 ATAPI STT{2,3}20000A Seagate STT20000A 8
Travan-40 TR-7 ATAPI STT{2,3}401A Seagate STT3401A 3
Travan-8 TR-4 USB1.1 STT681U Seagate STT8000A 5
Travan-20 TR-5 USB1.1 STT6201U Seagate STT20000A 8
Travan-20 TR-5 USB2.0 STT6201U2 Seagate STT20000A 8
Travan-40 TR-7 USB2.0 STT6401U2 Seagate STT3401A 3
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Series is the first character in the 4-charater firmware revision.
R,2 = 5.25 inch half-high internal (rails)
I,3 = 3.5 inch inch-high internal
6 = External
-C = Compression, Read-while-write (NS model)
-S,N = SCSI Narrow
-A,A = ATAPI
U = USB 1.1
U2 = USB 2.0
Note. Seagate acquired Conner in February 1996.
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sttr40 History
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1.3 - Increases timeouts to reduce Travan-8/20 (TR4/TR5) append
errors as follows:
Timeouts in minutes
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SCSI Command 1.0 1.3
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Locate 10 180
Space(EOD) 10 180
Space(Filemarks) 68 180
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- Fixes failure to retrieve Travan-8/20-ATAPI/USB
(TR4/TR5-ATAPI/USB), Request Sense data for motion commands
(Erase, Locate, Rewind, Space) that return Check Condition.
(Microsoft's qic157.sys also has this problem.)
- Adds capacity/remaining support.
- Adds TR4/TR5 SCSI support.
Works with Hornet-8/20 SCSI, Hornet-NS8/NS20.
- Improves .SYS "Properties - Version" display.
- Adds WMI support for TR-7 TapeAlert. (Windows XP/2003 only)
- Adds Xeon (IA32e), Opteron (AMD64) support.
Note: WHQL doesn't yet provide a means for x64 qualification.
- Adds decorated .inf sections for x64 (IA32e/AMD64) Server 2003.
- Renames files as follows:
stidexp.txt -> sttr40.txt
stidexp.inf -> sttr40.inf
stidexp.cat -> sttr40.cat
*\stidexp.sys -> *\sttravan.sys
1.0h - Adds Automated System recovery support.
1.0 - Initial release.
- Operates Travan TR4, TR5, Travan-40 (TR7) IDE/ATAPI, USB.
- Supports Pentium (IA32).
- Supports Itanium (IA64).
End of File: sttr40.txt
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Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
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