Load Firmware Using HBAnyware

Prerequisites

  • One of the following drivers is installed properly:

    • SCSIport Miniport driver for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 or Windows NT

    • Storport Miniport driver for Windows Server 2003

    • FC Port driver for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 or Windows NT

    • Emulex driver for Solaris

    • Emulex driver for Linux

  • HBAnyware has been installed properly.

  • The firmware file has been downloaded from the Emulex Web site to the Emulex Repository folder (RMRepository). This folder is in the Program Files folder.

  • The firmware file has been extracted into the Emulex Repository folder.

Loading Procedure

  1. Start HBAnyware.

  2. In the discovery tree (left pane), click the adapter to which you want to load the firmware.

  3. In the property tabs (right pane), select the Firmware tab.

     

  4. On the Firmware tab, click the Browse button. The Select Firmware File browse window is displayed.

  5. Browse to the Emulex Repository. Select the firmware file to download and click OK. A status bar displays the progress of the download. During this time the host bus adapter (or adapters) in the discovery tree is displayed in red text, indicating that it is offline. It is displayed in black text when the update is complete.

If you are updating the firmware on a dual-channel HBA, repeat steps 2 through 5 to update the firmware on the second port.

Current Firmware Field Descriptions

Firmware Version - the Emulex firmware version number for this model of HBA.

Operational Firmware Name - if visible, the name of the firmware that is operational.

SLI-1 Firmware Name - the name of the SLI-1 firmware overlay.

SLI-2 Firmware Name - the name of the SLI-2 firmware overlay.

Boot Bios Message -  the enabled/disabled status of the BootBIOS message on the HBA. This message is updated automatically if the status of the BootBIOS message changes (caused by downloading a different firmware image). Possible messages are Not Present, Disabled, or the FCode firmware version.

Disable/Enable button - If there is no Boot BIOS present, this button is not available.  If there is a Boot BIOS present and it is disabled,  click “Enable” to enable BootBios.  If there is a Boot BIOS present and it is enabled, click “Disable” to disable the BootBios.

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

Firmware File Maintenance

Firmware File Name -the name of the firmware file to be downloaded. Use the Browse button to navigate to the firmware file you wish to download. Click Download to download the selected file.

  

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