Downloading Firmware; Downloading Firmware To A Disk Module - HP Surestore Disk Array 12h - And FC60 System Administrator Manual

Using the ARM Command Line Utilities for Windows NT

Downloading Firmware

Downloading Firmware
The download command copies new firmware code to the disk array controller(s) or individual disk
drives in the disk array. Firmware can also be copied from a primary array controller to a secondary
controller.
CAUTION! In multi-host configurations, other hosts must not access the disk array while
the download is in progress. Data can be lost if write requests are made to the disk array
while a download is in progress.

Downloading Firmware to a Disk Module

This procedure updates the firmware code on the specified disk module.
To download new firmware code to a disk module
1. Gather the following information:
The ID of the disk array. The disk array ID can be displayed using the arraydsp -i command.
The location and name of the file containing the new firmware code
The slot number of the disk module. Slot numbers are marked on the cabinet (A1 – A6, and B1 –
B6).
2. From a command prompt, type in the following command:
download -D slot codefilename <array-id>
slot identifies the cabinet shelf containing the disk drive
codefilename identifies the file containing the firmware code
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