Using The Enterprise Management Upgrade Tool - IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction And Implementation Manual

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Table 14-1 Comparison of the firmware updater functions
Update Type
Minor Controller Firmware
Major Controller Firmware
Staged Controller Firmware
NVSRAM Firmware
ESM Firmware
ESM Configuration
Drive Firmware

14.5.4 Using the Enterprise Management upgrade tool

In this section we describe the procedure to update the DS3500 controller firmware using the
firmware upgrade tool accessible from the DS Storage Manager Enterprise Management
window.
Note: The upgrade tool allows you to perform both minor and major controller firmware
upgrades.
1. From the DS Storage Manager Enterprise Management window, right click a selected
DS3500 storage subsystem to view the Upgrade Controller Firmware... option on the
context menu as shown in Figure 14-36.
Figure 14-36 Upgrade Controller Firmware option in the Enterprise Management window
Note: This function is also accessible from the Tools  Upgrade Controller Firmware...
menu in the DS Storage Manager (Enterprise Management) window.
2. The Upgrade Controller Firmware window appears.(Figure 14-37 on page 364). In the
example displayed in Figure 14-37 on page 364, the upgrade tool reports that the
Enterprise Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
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Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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