Utilities; Update Flash - Intel SBEFCM4 Installation And User Manual

• Control host-side agent operations, including setting of the host agent polling interval
• Review host adapter information, including:
— General information
— Statistics
— Information about attached devices
— Link status for attached device
• Perform adapter functions, including:
• – Configuring the adapter NVRAM settings
— Executing fibre diagnostics (read/write buffer loopback tests)
— Perform flash updates on an adapter
— Perform NVRAM updates on an adapter
• Manage configurations:
— Save configurations for off-line policy checks and SAN integrity
— Load configurations from a file if the host is off-line for policy checks and SAN integrity
• Confirm security

Utilities

Using the Utilities section of the SANsurfer application you can update I/O expansion card firmware
and perform adapter-level configurations on a host-connected adapter.

Update flash

When you click Update Flash in the Utilities section of the SANsurfer application, and the adapter
accepts the update, the application prompts for the file name of the new flash boot firmware. The
latest version of I/O expansion card firmware is available from the Intel support Web site at
http://www.intel.com/. After you enter a valid firmware file name, click OK to complete with the
update, or click Cancel to abort. When you click OK, the SANsurfer application verifies the file
name and format of the new file. If the file is valid, the application then compares the version of the
file with the adapter flash version that is currently installed. If the installed adapter version is the
same or newer than the file flash version you are trying to install, the application asks if you still
want to update the flash.
If the firmware update fails, an error message is displayed.
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