Sun Microsystems X4640 manual How to Upgrade HBA Firmware

Using SIA to Upgrade System Firmware

Follow the on-screen instructions until the upgrade has completed. Upgraded code will not be used by the system until after a reboot.

See Also ■ “How to Upgrade HBA Firmware” on page 35

▼How to Upgrade HBA Firmware

Host bus adapters control internal or external disks connected to the server. SIA has the capability to upgrade supported HBAs to allow for fixes and enhancements to HBA firmware code.

Caution – Though the upgrade of HBA firmware should not be destructive to connected storage, Sun recommends doing a full backup of HBA connected storage before performing the upgrade.

Note – SIA can perform firmware upgrades only. It cannot downgrade firmware.

1You should have already started SIA and prepared it for tasks as described in “Starting SIA and Preparing for Deployment or Recovery Tasks”on page 15 and the Task Selection dialog should be displayed.

Note – The instructions below assume local CD/DVD drive access. Be sure to modify the instructions accordingly if you are using a local USB flash drive prepared with SIA software, or if you are running SIA from a remote console (or KVMS) with CD-ROM redirection.

2Select the HBA Firmware Upgrade task, and then click Next.

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