To Upgrade Or Downgrade The Raid Firmware - Avaya CallPilot 703t Maintenance And Diagnostics

To upgrade or downgrade the RAID firmware

The firmware of the RAID card is upgraded through a flash process. The flash process is
initiated by running the RAID card firmware update utility on the CallPilot CD-ROM.
Warning:
Avaya strongly recommends that you not perform low level formatting. Performing low level
formatting results in the drives becoming unusable.
Important:
Perform this procedure only if the firmware version is not the version identified in this section.
1. Insert the CallPilot tower 703t Image CD-ROM 1 of 3 into the server CD-ROM drive.
2. Restart the server and observe the startup diagnostics.
3. When the processor diagnostics screen appears, press Esc.
4. Choose ATAPI CD-ROM, and press Enter.
5. Choose Utilities (for example, BIOS, Firmware, and so on), and then press Enter.
6. Choose LSI Elite 1600 RAID card Firmware update, and press Enter.
7. Press Y for yes and then Enter to confirm that the 471gen.rom file is detected.
8. Respond to the remaining prompts to proceed with the update.
9. Remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.
10. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart the server.
Avaya CallPilot® 703t Server Maintenance and Diagnostics
Result: The following message appears at the bottom of the screen:
Entering boot selection menu ....
The system continues with the SCSI and RAID startup diagnostics, and when done,
a menu appears.
Result: The Startup menu appears.
Result: A menu appears.
Result: The update proceeds. When it is finished, you are informed that the update
completed successfully and you are asked to restart the server.
To upgrade or downgrade the RAID firmware
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