Using The Flasutil Command Prompt (From The Diskette); Command-Line Options - IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Installation And User Manual

10. To update the DS4000 FC2-133 Adapter BIOS code and NVRAM using the

Using the flasutil command prompt (from the diskette)

Complete the following steps to update your DS4000 FC2-133 Adapter BIOS code
and NVRAM using the flasutil command prompt:
10. Go to "Installing the DS4000 FC2-133 Adapter device drivers" on page 16.

Command-line options

This section describes additional command-line options that you can use. Complete
the following steps to review these command-line options:
1. At the DOS prompt, type:
2. Press Enter.
/F xxxx = Write Flash, adapter address = xxxx
/W xxxx = Copy Flash to file: QLxxRIM.SAV, adapter type = xxxx
/O <filename.ext> = Use <filename.ext> instead of QLxxROM.BIN
/I = Ignore Subsystem ID
/P = Program all adapters
/M = Don't prompt for I/O address
/Q = Quiet Mode, no messages will be displayed
/S xxxx = Display serial number of adapter at address xxxx
unmount /mnt
8. Remove the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter Support CD
from the CD-ROM drive.
9. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and label the diskette
appropriately.
BIOS Update Utility from the diskette, choose one of the following methods:
v flasutil command prompt. Use this method to type in command-line options.
v flasutil BIOS Update Utility menu. Use this method to select a command-line
option from the menu.
1. Insert the BIOS Update Utility diskette that you created into the diskette drive
and restart the server. Your server starts to a DOS prompt.
2. To update the BIOS in the flash utility, do the following:
From the DOS prompt, type:
flasutil /f
3. Press Enter.
4. To update the NVRAM, do the following:
From the DOS prompt, type:
flasutil /l
5. Press Enter.
6. To update the standard BIOS defaults in the flash utility to the new defaults
from the NVRAM files, do the following:
At the DOS prompt, type:
flasutil /u
7. Press Enter.
8. To review additional command-line options that you can use, continue with
"Command-line options." Otherwise, continue with step9.
9. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and restart the server.
flasutil /?
The following command-line options display:
If no address specified then write Flash to all adapters
Chapter 2. Updating the DS4000 FC2-133 Adapter BIOS code and installing device drivers
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