Updating Expander Board Firmware; Updating Expander Board Firmware Using Linux - HP Cloudline CL5200 Gen9 User And Maintenance Manual

Updating expander board firmware

The methods to update expander fw on Linux, incluing RHEL and ubuntu based, are the same. Now take
the method to update FW to v0004 for an example to illustrate the steps.

Updating expander board firmware using Linux

To update expander board firmware using Linux:
Log into Linux.
1.
Copy FW release package, named "Lego_wave2-JBOD-PKG-0004-20 160517" to a folder.
2.
Change path to /Lego_wave2-JBOD-PKG-0004-20160517/update_on_Ubuntu. And the "fw_tool.sh"
3.
is the tool to update FW. To use this utility, the sg3utils is needed to be installed firstly. The sg3_utils
is an open source project containing a comprehensive collection of command-line utilities designed
specifically to send SCSI commands to Linux devices. Please visit
http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html
sg3_utils package might not work.Change path to /Lego_wave2-JBOD-PKG-0004-20
160517/update_on_Ubuntu /sg3-Utils_package. Execute the following command to install the
sg3_utils package.
Install sg3utils in Ubuntu based OS.
a.
Install sg3utils in RHEL based OS.
b.
Execute the following command to obtain expander device ID.
4.
The expander fw can be updated either in separate format or merged.
5.
to download the package. Note that some versions of
Software and configuration utilities 108