Promise Technology Vess R3600 Series Product Manual page 288

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ptiflash
Usage
ptiflash [-a <action>] [-t] [-s <ServerIP>] -f <FileName> [-p <PortNum>]
[-e <encl id>] [-i <ctrl id>] [-n] [-d <pd id>] [-l] [-y] [-v]
Summary
This is the flash utility for the controller and physical drives. It is used to flash images such as firmware or
software for controllers and drive firmware image for physical drives. For embedded, in order to update the
flash image, the user must have a TFTP server setup that is accessible from the enclosure's management port
and the flash image located on the TFTP server. For in-band, the flash image located on the local host must be
accessible.
Please note that only one flash process should be running at one time.
Options
-a <action>
start
versioninfo
-t
-s <servername|ipaddress>
-f <filename>
-p <port number>
Which action to perform.
(Default) To start the flash process.
To get the version and build information of running images of all
controllers or the specified controller.
Indicates that TFTP get method is to be used to obtain the file from
a TFTP server.
Specifies the hostname or IP address of the TFTP server which contains
the image file.
Specifies the filename of the flash image. Include the folder name
A flash image could be either a controller flash image or a physical
drive firmware update image.
Specifies the port number of the TFTP server. If no port number is
given, the default value that will be used is 69.
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