Common Questions About Flashing Firmware; Viewing The Vpd Information For Efi Driver And Risc Firmware; Efi Commands; Drvcfg Utility - HP Integrity BL860c User's & Service Manual

Common Questions About Flashing Firmware

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Viewing the VPD Information for EFI Driver and RISC Firmware

To view the VPD information for the EFI driver and RISC firmware, at the fsO:> prompt, enter
mptutil -o -vpd -c 0.

EFI Commands

To configure an Integrated Mirror (IM) Array on the SAS Controller, use the following EFI commands:
DRVCFG (GUI interface)
CFGGEN (command line interface)
If you are not using the IM functionality, do not follow these procedures.

DRVCFG Utility

To configure an IM on the SAS controller:

Starting the DRVCFG Utility

To start the drvcfg configuration utility:
1. From the console menu, select the EFI Shell .
2. Enter drvcfg -s and press Enter.

Using the DRVCFG Utility

The configuration utility uses several input keys (F1, F2, HOME, END, and so on) that may not be
supported by all terminal emulation programs. Each key has an alternate key that performs the
same function. Review the terminal emulation program documentation to verify which input keys
are supported. If problems occur using any of the function keys or HOME/END/PGUP/PGDN, use
the alternate keys.
After I update firmware on my SAS HBA, why doesn't the version string change in
the menu?
The firmware you flashed on the HBA does not run until a diagnostic reset occurs.
If you exit the utility and reenter it, the version string is updated.
This image does not contain a valid nvdata image when I try to flash the firmware.
Why?
You are expected to concatenate a proper nvdata image to the firmware.
MPTUTIL prevents you from flashing an image without a concatenated nvdata
image. To concatenate nvdata and firmware, run the mptutil -o -d
64it__l.fw,sas106x.dat,output.fw command.
64it__l.fw is the firmware image without an nvdata image.
sas106x.dat is the nvdata image. This file depends on the type/rev of
HBA on which the firmware is used.
output.fw is the name of the file created with the firmware and nvdata
image concatenated. Use this concatenated image for all boards of this type
or revision.
How do I program multiple cards in a server from the command line?
MPTUTIL (EFI) does not support this.
Can I program a new flash and option ROM in the same command line argument?
Yes. Run the mptutil -f <firmware_name> -b <option_rom_name>
command.
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