Loading Firmware (UNIX)

HBAnyware enables you to update firmware on an HBA.

Prerequisites

  • One of the following drivers is installed properly:

    • Emulex driver for Solaris

    • Emulex driver for Linux

  • HBAnyware has been installed properly.

  • The firmware file has been downloaded from the Emulex Web site and extracted.

Procedure

Tload firmware:

  1. Start HBAnyware.

  2. In the discovery-o tree, select the adapter onto which you want to load the firmware.

  3. Select the Firmware tab.

     

  4. On the Firmware tab, click the Update Firmware button. The Firmware Download dialog box appears.

  1. Click Browse. The Firmware File Selection dialog box appears.

  1. Navigate to the extracted firmware file you wish to download. Select the file and click OK. A status bar shows the progress of the download and indicates when the download is complete.

  2. Click Start Download.

If you are updating the firmware on a dual-channel HBA, repeat steps 2 through 7 to update the firmware on the second port.

Firmware Field Descriptions

Firmware Area

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.

Initial Firmware - the version of the firmware stub responsible for installing the SLI code into its proper slot.

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

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

Kernel Version - the version of the firmware responsible for starting the driver.

BootBIOS Area

BootBios status -  indicates whether the system BIOS can read Emulex boot code off of the HBA. If this field shows, “Enabled”, the system BIOS can see boot code on the HBA. If this field shows, “Disabled”, the system BIOS will see no boot code on the HBA, thus any boot from SAN is not possible.

Disable/Enable button - If there is no BootBIOS present, this button is not available.  If there is a BootBIOS present and it is disabled,  click “Enable” to enable BootBIOS.  If there is a BootBIOS 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.

 

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