HP 8/20q HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager User Guide (5697-0460, - Page 72

Updating an HBA BIOS image, Update HBA BIOS, Update HBA, Add All, Remove, Remove All, Select HBA BIOS

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• Product ID NOTE: The Target Port Name/Subsystem Port column lists the names of the target ports connected to the HBA. Click the + symbol to the left of the Target Port Name to reveal the name of the matching port on the subsystem in the SAN. Click the + symbol to the left of the Subsystem Port Name to reveal the identifiers of the subsystem, controller, and IP address, and the port status. Updating an HBA BIOS image Simple SAN Connection Manager provides an easy way to update the BIOS images of HP StorageWorks QLogic-based FC HBAs within your SAN. NOTE: This feature is not supported with Emulex based HBAs. To update an HBA BIOS: 1. To access the Update HBA BIOS wizard, choose one of the following options: • On the HBA & Switch Management menu, click Update HBA BIOS. • In the content pane's Physical Connection or LUN Assignment map, right-click the server icon to select that specific server to update HBA BIOS, and then on the shortcut menu, click Update HBA BIOS. The Update HBA BIOS wizard opens. 2. If a specific server is selected, click Next to go to step 4. If no specific server is selected, in the Available Server(s) list, select the server or servers for which you want to update the HBA BIOS by choosing one of the following options: • Select a server on the Available Server(s) list, and then click Add. This updates the BIOS of the HBAs installed on this server. • To add all of the listed servers, click Add All. This updates the BIOS of the HBAs installed on all servers. NOTE: If you select and add a server by mistake, select that server on the Selected Server(s) list, and then click Remove. To clear the Selected Server(s) list and start the selection process again, click Remove All. 3. Click Next. (Next is disabled until you select at least one server and add it to the Selected Server(s) list.) 4. In the List of HBAs to Update BIOS column, select the server to update, and then click Select HBA BIOS File. 5. Download the .zip file from the HP website and extract its contents. 6. Navigate to the folder containing the .bin file for the family of HBAs selected. NOTE: A BIOS image file generally has the file extension bin. 7. Select the appropriate .bin file, and then click Open. 8. A message box asks if you want to apply this BIOS image to all HBAs in the same family. To use the selected BIOS image for all the HBAs in the same family, including HBAs on other servers, click Yes. To apply the BIOS image to only the selected HBA, click No. The wizard's BIOS File column shows the file name selected in step 7. 9. Click Server Agent Password. (You must enter a valid password to complete this procedure.) 72 Managing HBAs

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Managing HBAs
•
Product ID
NOTE:
The Target Port Name/Subsystem Port column lists the names of the target ports connected
to the HBA. Click the + symbol to the left of the Target Port Name to reveal the name of the
matching port on the subsystem in the SAN. Click the + symbol to the left of the Subsystem Port
Name to reveal the identifiers of the subsystem, controller, and IP address, and the port status.
Updating an HBA BIOS image
Simple SAN Connection Manager provides an easy way to update the BIOS images of HP StorageWorks
QLogic-based FC HBAs within your SAN.
NOTE:
This feature is not supported with Emulex based HBAs.
To update an HBA BIOS:
1.
To access the Update HBA BIOS wizard, choose one of the following options:
•
On the HBA & Switch Management menu, click
Update HBA BIOS
.
•
In the content pane’s Physical Connection or LUN Assignment map, right-click the server icon to
select that specific server to update HBA BIOS, and then on the shortcut menu, click
Update HBA
BIOS
.
The Update HBA BIOS wizard opens.
2.
If a specific server is selected, click
Next
to go to
step 4
.
If no specific server is selected, in the Available Server(s) list, select the server or servers for which you
want to update the HBA BIOS by choosing one of the following options:
•
Select a server on the Available Server(s) list, and then click
Add
. This updates the BIOS of the
HBAs installed on this server.
•
To add all of the listed servers, click
Add All
. This updates the BIOS of the HBAs installed on all
servers.
NOTE:
If you select and add a server by mistake, select that server on the Selected Server(s) list,
and then click
Remove
. To clear the Selected Server(s) list and start the selection process again,
click
Remove All
.
3.
Click
Next
. (Next is disabled until you select at least one server and add it to the Selected Server(s) list.)
4.
In the List of HBAs to Update BIOS column, select the server to update, and then click
Select HBA BIOS
File
.
5.
Download the
.zip
file from the HP website and extract its contents.
6.
Navigate to the folder containing the
.bin
file for the family of HBAs selected.
NOTE:
A BIOS image file generally has the file extension
bin
.
7.
Select the appropriate
.bin
file, and then click
Open
.
8.
A message box asks if you want to apply this BIOS image to all HBAs in the same family. To use the
selected BIOS image for all the HBAs in the same family, including HBAs on other servers, click
Yes
. To
apply the BIOS image to only the selected HBA, click
No
.
The wizard’s BIOS File column shows the file name selected in
step 7
.
9.
Click
Server Agent Password
. (You must enter a valid password to complete this procedure.)