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5. After a few seconds, the Firmware Upgrade Successful message appears. Click OK. The
firmware update is done.
6. The server need to be rebooted in order to activate the new HBA firmware.
Update the HBA firmware using QLogic SANsurfer
The Qlogic SANsurfer is available for Windows and Linux hosts.
You can find the latest version at the IBM System Storage Support site at the following
address:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk
To update the HBA firmware using QLogic SANsurfer, perform these steps:
1. In order to update the BIOS version of the HBA, click the Utilities tab, and you will be
presented with a window shown in Figure 7-31.
Figure 7-31 Qlogic SANsurfer Utilities tab
2. Notice that there are two options to update:
– Flash Update
– NVRAM
Click Update Flash, which corresponds to the BIOS version.
Note: The NVRAM usually does not need to be updated. It is used to save and recover
HBA unique settings for this particular firmware and will be used in case your adapter
NVRAM gets corrupt. For this function to work, NVRAM have been saved previously.
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