Mptutil Utility; Flashing Firmware On First Controller - HP AB464-9003F Service Manual

MPTUTIL Utility

The mptutil utility enables you to update the adapter flash memory with the EFI driver and
HBA firmware. New versions of these images are released periodically.
IMPORTANT:
on a SAS device and the update fails, these files will not be accessible.
To update firmware, follow these steps:
1. Insert the HPE IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD in the drive and boot to the EFI Shell.
NOTE:
Packard Enterprise Support Centre website: http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc.
IMPORTANT:
be in the drive to allow device mapping. The EFI utility and firmware image files are located
in the root directory or in a subdirectory on the CD.
2. The CD drive displays in the list of mapped devices as fs0. To change to this device, enter
fs0:
shell>fs0:\>
fs0:\>
3. To determine the current version of the firmware, follow these steps.
a. At the EFI Shell, enter mptutil from the directory that contains mptutil.efi. The
following example indicates that the EFI Serial Attached SCSI card utility version is
1.01.12.00:
fs0:\EFI\HP\TOOLS\NETWORK> mptutil
MPTUTIL-1.01.12.00
Choice
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b. Press Enter.
4. To update the firmware, use the mptutil command.
5. Reset the controller.
fs0:\> reset
The mptutil commands and functions are listed in
sections.
Table 34 mptutil Commands and Functions
Command
mptutil -f <firmware_file>
mptutil -o -g <x86_file> <fcode_file>
mptutil -o -vpd -c 0
Parameters in < > are optional. A space is required between command line options and their parameters.
The following sections describe the mptutil commands and functions.

Flashing Firmware on First Controller

To update the HBA RISC firmware on the first controller, follow these steps:
1. At the fs0:\> prompt, enter mptutil -f <firmware_file> -c 0.
Do not store the files in this package on a SAS device. If you store these files
You can also download the firmware image file and update utility from the Hewlett
When you boot the EFI enabled systems, the CD containing the utility must
Vendor Device
ID ID
------ ------
0 1000h 0054h
1 - Refresh
Bus Device
--- ------
14h 01h LSI Logic SAS1068 Host Adapter
Table 34
Function
Updating HBA RISC firmware on the controller
Updating EFI driver on first controller
Viewing VPD information
and described in the following
Core I/O Card Configuration 91