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Downloading the Firmware Update, If Needed, Updating the Controller Firmware

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• Run saupdate.efi using the using the fs0:\> saupdate.efi command. • Use saupdate LIST to display all detected Smart Array controllers along with the active firmware versions. For example: fs0:\EFI\TOOLS> saupdate list Smart Array Offline Firmware Update Utility Version 2.06.10.03 (C) Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P Seg Bus Dev Func Description Version 0 52 0 0 HP Smart Array P400 2.08 In this example, the system contains one Smart Array P400 Controller at segment 0, bus 52, device 0, function 0, running firmware version 2.08. Compare this to the minimum recommended firmware version found in the HP Smart Array RAID Controllers Support Matrix at: http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html If the controller firmware meets the minimum recommended version, no further action is necessary. Downloading the Firmware Update, If Needed To locate and download firmware for the Smart Array P800 Controller, follow these steps: 1. Go to the Business Support Center, at: http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport 2. Search for "Smart Array P800". 3. In the "Narrow search using only:" section, click "Drivers and software." 4. Locate and click the link for the firmware download package. 5. Review the installation instructions and release notes on the download page. 6. Download the firmware. Follow the procedures supplied with the update package to install the firmware update. Updating the Controller Firmware NOTE: This section provides a generic procedure to update firmware from the EFI shell. HP recommends that you follow the procedures supplied with the update package to install the firmware update. Use saupdate from the EFI Shell to update the firmware image on the HP Smart Array controller. Follow one of these two procedures to run saupdate: • If you are using saupdate from the Offline Diagnostic CD: 1. Download the firmware and copy it to the EFI partition. 2. Place the Offline Diagnostic CD containing saupdate.efi in the CD drive before booting the system. 3. Boot the system to the EFI Shell prompt. 4. Locate the cdrom entry in the list of mapped devices, and change to the device by typing its associated fs number (for example, fs0) under EFI Shell prompt. 5. If the EFI utility and firmware image files are not located in the root directory, move to the directory in which these files are located, for example: fs0:\>cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SmartArray 28 OpenVMS Installation

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Run
saupdate.efi
using the using the
fs0:\> saupdate.efi
command.
•
Use
saupdate LIST
to display all detected Smart Array controllers along with the active
firmware versions. For example:
fs0:\EFI\TOOLS>
saupdate list
********************************************************************************
Smart Array Offline Firmware Update Utility
Version 2.06.10.03
(C) Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
********************************************************************************
Seg
Bus
Dev
Func
Description
Version
0
52
0
0
HP Smart Array P400
2.08
In this example, the system contains one Smart Array P400 Controller at segment 0, bus 52, device
0, function 0, running firmware version 2.08. Compare this to the minimum recommended
firmware version found in the
HP Smart Array RAID Controllers Support Matrix
at:
If the controller firmware meets the minimum recommended version, no further action is
necessary.
Downloading the Firmware Update, If Needed
To locate and download firmware for the Smart Array P800 Controller, follow these steps:
1.
Go to the Business Support Center, at:
2.
Search for “Smart Array P800”.
3.
In the “Narrow search using only:” section, click “Drivers and software.”
4.
Locate and click the link for the firmware download package.
5.
Review the installation instructions and release notes on the download page.
6.
Download the firmware.
Follow the procedures supplied with the update package to install the firmware update.
Updating the Controller Firmware
NOTE:
This section provides a generic procedure to update firmware from the EFI shell. HP
recommends that you follow the procedures supplied with the update package to install the
firmware update.
Use
saupdate
from the EFI Shell to update the firmware image on the HP Smart Array controller.
Follow one of these two procedures to run
saupdate
:
•
If you are using
saupdate
from the Offline Diagnostic CD:
1.
Download the firmware and copy it to the EFI partition.
2.
Place the Offline Diagnostic CD containing
saupdate.efi
in the CD drive before booting
the system.
3.
Boot the system to the EFI Shell prompt.
4.
Locate the
cdrom
entry in the list of mapped devices, and change to the device by typing
its associated fs number (for example,
fs0
) under EFI Shell prompt.
5.
If the EFI utility and firmware image files are not located in the root directory, move to the
directory in which these files are located, for example:
fs0:\>cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SmartArray
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