Installing Firmware Upgrades - Sun Microsystems StorEdge 3000 Series Installation, Operation And Service Manual

7.5.3

Installing Firmware Upgrades

It is important that you run a version of firmware that is supported for your array.
Caution – Before updating your firmware, make sure that the version of firmware
you want to use is supported for your array. Refer to the Release Notes for your
array for Sun Microsystems patches containing firmware upgrades that are available
for your array, and to SunSolve Online for subsequent patches containing firmware
upgrades.
If you are downloading a Sun Microsystems patch that includes a firmware upgrade,
the README file associated with that patch tells you which Sun StorEdge 3000
Family arrays support this firmware release.
To download new versions of controller firmware, disk drive firmware, SAF-TE
firmware, use one of the following tools:
Sun StorEdge CLI (with an in-band SCSI connection, for Linux and Windows
I
hosts, and for servers running the Solaris operating environment)
Sun StorEdge Configuration Service program (with an in-band SCSI connection,
I
for Linux and Windows hosts and servers running the Solaris operating
environment)
Firmware application (for controller firmware download only from a Windows
I
host with an out-of-band serial port connection). Refer to
Firmware Upgrades from the Firmware Application" on page
Note – To download firmware to disk drives or SAF-TE firmware to a JBOD directly
attached to a host, you must use the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service program.
Note – For instructions on how to download firmware to disk drives in a JBOD
directly attached to a host, refer to the README file in the patch that contains the
firmware.
Caution – You should not use both in-band and out-of-band connections at the
same time to manage the array or you might cause conflicts between multiple
operations.
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