Loading EFIBoot

HBAnyware enables you to update EFIBoot on an HBA.

Prerequisites

  • Emulex HBA installed in an IA64 system.

  • One of the following drivers is installed properly:

    • SCSIport Miniport driver for Windows Server 2003

    • Storport Miniport driver for Windows Server 2003

    • Emulex driver for Linux

  • HBAnyware has been installed properly.

  • The EFIBoot files have been downloaded from the Emulex Web site and extracted.

Caution If you are downloading EFIBoot on an HBA attached to the remote system disk, the EFI Utility is recommended to perform the download.

Procedure

To load EFIBoot:

  1. Start HBAnyware.

  2. In the discovery-tree, click the adapter to which you want to load EFIBoot.

  3. Select the Firmware tab.

  1. On the Firmware tab, click the Update Firmware button. The following warning screen appears:

  1. Click Yes. The Firmware Download dialog box appears.

  1. Navigate to the extracted EFIBoot file you wish to download. (EFIBoot files have a .prg extension.) Select the EFIBoot file and click Start Download. A status bar displays the progress of the download and indicates when the download is complete.

  2. Click Close. The Firmware tab displays the updated EFIBoot information for the selected HBA.

If you are updating EFIBoot on a dual-channel HBA, repeat steps 2 through 6 to update the EFIBoot on the second port.

Note If the state of the boot code message on the board has changed, this change will be reflected immediately on the Details tab.
     

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