Compaq Infortrend manual Upgrading Firmware Using RS-232C Terminal Emulation

Upgrade the Firmware Binary Only

1.Connect to the RAID system locally or from a remote host using RAIDWatch Manager. While connected to the RAID system, there will be icon(s) with IP address specified on the left of the menu screen. Select by double-clicking the icon of the RAID system which firmware is to be upgraded. Select the controller icon and then select the “RAID system-to-host bus” (usually appears as In-band SCSI or PCI bus…). Double-click the RAID-to-host-bus to connect to the desired controller. Choose the “RAID view” icon on the controller panel. The RAID view window will appear. Choose "Controller" > "Download" -> and click among the selections "Download FW” (Firmware). If both boot record and firmware are desired to upgrade, choose "Download Firmware".

2.Provide the firmware filename to the RAIDWatch Manager. It will start to download the firmware to the controller.

3.Shutdown the system which is accessing the RAID, then reset the controller in order to use the new downloaded firmware.

Upgrading Firmware Using RS-232C Terminal Emulation

The firmware can be downloaded to the RAID controller by using an ANSI/VT-100 compatible terminal emulation program. Whichever terminal emulation program is used must support the ZMODEM file transfer protocol. The following example uses the HyperTerminal in Windows NT®. Other terminal emulation programs (e.g., Telix and PROCOMM Plus) can perform the firmware upgrade as well.

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