Updating The Ds4000 Fc2-133 Adapter Bios Code From The Bios Update Utility Diskette; Creating The Bios Update Utility Diskette; For Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0, 2000 Or Server 2003; For Linux - IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Installation And User Manual

Updating the DS4000 FC2-133 Adapter BIOS code from the BIOS
Update Utility diskette

Creating the BIOS Update Utility diskette

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IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter: Installation and User's Guide
8. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for each additional adapter or if you want to
configure your adapter with more than one option.
9. Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive and restart the server.
10. Go to "Installing the DS4000 FC2-133 Adapter device drivers" on page 16.
If you cannot use the Support CD to update the adapter BIOS code, you can create
a diskette using the Support CD. Instructions for creating and using the diskette are
described in the following sections.
Note: For a Novell NetWare environment, you will need to unpack the BIOS
Update Utility diskette using a server that is running a Microsoft
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NT , Windows
Create the BIOS Update Utility diskette by copying the image you need from the
IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter Support CD or by
downloading the image from the http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ IBM Web site.

For Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000 or Server 2003

Complete the following steps to create a BIOS Update Utility diskette for Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0, 2000 or Server 2003 from the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133
Host Bus Adapter Support CD:
1. Insert the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter Support CD
into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Insert a diskette into the diskette drive.
3. At the command prompt, type:
d:\tools\dsk4w32 d:\images\biosnvrm\23x0\2340_xxx.img a:
Where d is the CD-ROM drive and a is the diskette drive.
4. Press Enter.
5. Remove the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter Support CD
from the CD-ROM drive.
6. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and label the diskette appropriately.

For Linux

Complete the following steps to create a BIOS Update Utility diskette for Linux from
the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter Support CD:
1. Insert the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter Support CD
into the CD-ROM drive and restart the server.
2. Insert a diskette into the diskette drive.
3. At the command prompt, type:
mount -t iso9660/dev/cdromdevicefile /mnt
Where cdromdevicefile is the specific device file for the CD-ROM block device.
4. Press Enter.
5. Type:
dd if=/mnt/images/biosnvrm/23x0/2340_xxx.img of=/dev/diskettedevicefile bs=32
6. Press Enter.
7. Unmount the CD-ROM by typing:
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2000 or Linux operating system.
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