IBM DS4000 FC manual Command-line options

where xxxx is the adapter address. If xxxx is omitted, then the program will attempt to change (on all of the adapters in the host) the standard NVRAM defaults in the adapter, to the new defaults from the NVRAM files.

8.Press ″Enter.″

9.The flasutil program will display the existing version of the NVRAM, the newer NVRAM version, and a message telling you if the update was successful or unsuccessful.

The following output example resembles the output you might see upon execution of the flasutil /i /u xxxx /n NVRAMfile.DAT command, where, for this example, 2300 is substituted for xxxx.

QLogic NOVRAM and FLASH Programming Utility Version 1.55 Copyright (C) QLogic Corporation 1998-2005. All rights reserved.

Programming QLA2422 NOVRAM at Address 2300

NOVRAM at Address 2300 Loaded Successfully

Updating flash at I/O Address 2300

Verifying flash at I/O Address 2300

Flash at I/O Address 2300 Verified Successfully

C:\

10.To update the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter BIOS version number, type vpd /a /u

and press ″Enter.″

Note: IBM does not support any vpd program options, other than /a and /u.

The following output example resembles the output you might see upon execution of the vpd /a /u command.

Processing all adapters...

2422 at address 2300 [1077.2422.1077.0134.0] Reading vpd from nvram...

Reading versions from flash...

Updating vpd in nvram...

Verifying...

Verify passed

2422 at address 2400 [1077.2422.1077.0134.1] Reading vpd from nvram...

Reading versions from flash...

Updating vpd in nvram...

Verifying...

Verify passed

C:\

Note: This example shows what would be displayed when there is one QLA2462 adapter installed in the server, with port I/O addresses 2300 and 2400.

11.To review additional command-line options that you can use, go to “Command-line options”; then, continue with Step 12.

12.CD: Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive and restart the server.

Diskette: Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and restart the server.

13.Go to “Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter device drivers” on page 9.

Command-line options

This section describes additional command-line options that you can use. Complete the following steps to review these command-line options:

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