HPE Ultrium 3280 LTO-5 Firmware

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TheNorth

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Hey all!

I picked up an LTO-5 drive at the thrift store for $40, and it (so far) seems to be in fairly great shape. The HP tape tool says the drive head life is at 96% so I don't think this drive was used much at all. However, when trying to update the firmware it looks like HP does not give it out anymore, or it needs some type of enterprise service account to download?

Guess my question is, does anyone have the following firmware for this model? Firmware: LTO_3280_I6RW_MSL-G3-Series.frm

Thanks in advance!
 
LOCO LAPTOP said:
This should be the download link for the latest firmware for it:
https://downloads.hpe.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows/p368283668/v124587/cp031432.exe

EDIT: If that's not it, please provide me with the download page for the correct one.
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Best I can tell, the firmware is in this download. It's a tape library that is...in rough shape, but the drive itself is in good shape.
https://support.hpe.com/connect/s/s..._US&softwareId=MTX_f5a56567a3f2412aafaa46d6f4

It's the LTO_3280_I6RW_MSL-G3-Series.frm one I was trying to get.
 
Looks like the backdoor I used to get the firmware's are closed. I do have access to the old SPP's.

Here one that appears to be from mid 2021. Ill see if I can find you a newer one.
 

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Well this updated just fine Loco, thank you! This pay wall they have going is a bit silly, but understandable for profits.
 
TheNorth said:
Well this updated just fine Loco, thank you! This pay wall they have going is a bit silly, but understandable for profits.
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You're welcome, glad I could help.

It is, I don't understand it especially for firmware updates, however a paywall for SPP's (Service Pack for ProLiant) I can understand, not that I like it as someone who deals with HP servers in our data centers.
 
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