Starting Drvdload; Using Drvdload - IBM F10 Service Manual

Starting drvDLoad

Important:
1. All activity must be stopped to drives that will be updated.
2. All Fibre Channel Storage Manager applications and StorWatch RAID Fibre
3. You must copy the new drive firmware file(s) to the host system before starting
Use the following procedure to start drvDLoad on HP-UX or SUN Solaris:
1. Have the customer stop all I/O activity to the array.
2. Change to the directory containing the drvDLoad utility (the default is
3. Enter:

Using drvDLoad

When you first start drvDLoad, the SELECT CONTROLLER PATH screen appears:
Channel Specialist must be closed prior to starting the drvDLoad utility.
the drvDLoad utility.
/usr/sbin/fcsm/drvDLoad):
cd /usr/sbin/fcsm/drvDLoad
./drvDLoad
The SELECT CONTROLLER PATH screen will appear.
SELECT CONTROLLER PATH
The active controller paths are listed below.
There may be multiple paths to the same controller listed.
Select a controller path or select "QUIT" to exit drvDLoad:
1) c7t4d0
2) c7t5d0
3) QUIT
Selection:
1. At the SELECT CONTROLLER PATH screen, select the controller path you
want to use to perform the drive microcode download.
2. At the SELECT DRIVE TYPE screen, select the drive type to be updated.
3. At the MICROCODE FILE PATH screen, enter the path to the appropriate drive
firmware file.
4. At the SELECT MICROCODE FILE screen, select the appropriate drive
firmware file.
5. At the SELECT DRIVE GROUP screen, select the drive group that you wish to
download to or select the "ALL DRIVES" option to download to all the drives of
type.
6. If the DRIVE GROUP CONFIRMATION screen or DRIVE TYPE
CONFIRMATION screen is presented, then read the screen information,
confirm that all the criteria are met and select "CONTINUE".
v If you selected "ALL DRIVES", then the download will begin. Go to step 8.
v If you selected an individual drive group, then the SELECT DRIVE screen
will be presented. Go to step 7.
7. At the SELECT DRIVE screen, select an individual drive to be updated or
select "ALL drives in " to update all the drives of type in the selected group.
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