Dell Brocade 815 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 91

Mezzanine adapters 2 • Instructions for accessing the blade server through a console or workstation to install adapter drivers and software. What you need for installation Have the following available for installing the adapter: • Mezzanine card shipping carton, which includes the adapter and necessary documentation. • Fully operational blade server. • Access to the blade server through local or remote console connection. • The blade enclosure's Hardware Owner's Manual. Updating PHY firmware The Ethernet PHY module, located in the 1740 mezzanine card port hardware only, aids in communications to and from the Ethernet LAN. Instructions are provided in this section to update this firmware if required. Determining firmware version To query the PHY module and determine attributes, such as the PHY module status and installed firmware version, use the bcu phy --query command. bcu phy --query where: ID of port for which you want to determine the firmware version. This could be the PWWN, port hardware path, or user-specified port name. This could also be the adapter-index/port-index. For example, to specify adapter 1, port 1 you would use 1/1 as the port identification. Updating firmware Download the latest PHY firmware file and update the PHY using the bcu phy --update command. bcu phy --update | -a where: -a ad_id file_name If specified, update will apply to all adapters in the system that contain the PHY module. ID of the adapter. Name of binary firmware file. NOTE After updating the firmware, you must disable then enable the adapter to activate it. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 63 53-1002144-01