HP UX 11i v3 manual Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Online Firmware Updates

Flowchart 3: Boot Test Procedures

The sections below provide additional detail on the procedures listed in Flowchart 3.

A.Is the system bootable over the Fibre Channel adapter? Only certain systems can boot over the Fibre Channel adapter. If your system cannot do this, you must boot from a SCSI device.

B.Is the system firmware version adequate? Check the system firmware version on your system for the minimum required date code for your adapter. If Yes, go to step D; if No, go to step C.

C.Update firmware. Update the firmware to the appropriate level.

D.Is the minimum required Fibre Channel adapter ROM firmware installed? This step applies to Fibre Channel adapters installed in HP/9000 and HP Integrity systems. If the minimum ROM firmware version (or a later version) is installed, go to 4 on Flowchart 2. If not, go to step E.

E.Is the minimum required EFI version for the Fibre Channel adapter installed? This step applies to Fibre Channel adapters installed in HP Integrity systems only. If the minimum EFI version (or a later version) is installed, go to 4 on Flowchart 2. If not, go to step G.

Firmware Updates

This section explains the process for updating the firmware of your Fibre Channel host bus adapter.

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Online Firmware Updates

The Fibre Channel host bus adapters that use the fclp driver can be updated while the system is online, using the fcmsutil command. The rom_fw_update option to the fcmsutil command updates the HBA's runtime firmware, and the efi_drv_update option of the fcmsutil command updates the EFI driver.

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Offline Driver and Firmware Updates

The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) is an Itanium-based preboot environment used to update the EFI driver and firmware on the adapter. EFI can be used to update a single adapter port or multiple ports, using the batch mode update.

Host bus adapters that use the fclp HP-UX driver use Emulex EFI driver menus for performing the updates.

Preparing to Update

This procedure assumes that you have obtained a new EFI driver and/or adapter firmware from HP, and have loaded it into an EFI filesystem called fs0. Theefi_cp command can be used to copy files from HP-UX into an EFI partition. It is important to make sure that the EFI filesystem is not attached to the adapter you are about to update. It is often helpful to write down the EFI directory and filename of the firmware file, because you will be required to enter the directory and filename as part of the update.

Updating the Firmware

1.To view the Emulex driver handle information, type at the EFI shell prompt: fs0:> drivers

A list of drivers is displayed.

2.Write down the driver handle associated with the Emulex SCSI Pass Thru Driver. The first column, labelled DRV, lists the driver handles.

3.Enter the drvcfg -s <driver handle> command. For example, if the driver handle is

20 (your driver handle may be different): fs0: drvcfg -s 20

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