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Updating drives, To update a single drive

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Output For all the drives in a specific enclosure: To get information about all the drives in a drawer within an enclosure: secli list drives -a= -enc= w= Output For all the drives in a drawer within an enclosure: The relevant information to record from the list drives command are the Enclosure Slot Index and the WWN (Worldwide Name). These values are needed to perform actions on a specific drive such as updating the firmware or blinking the drive. Updating drives You can update drive firmware using the information provided from running other secli commands. The latest drive firmware for supported drives can be found at support.dell.com. Dell recommends stopping all I/O between the server and the attached enclosures containing the drives that you want to update. To update all drives visible to a specified adapter: secli update drive -a= -file= To update all the drives in a specified enclosure: secli update drive -a= -enc= file= To update all the drives in a specified drawer: secli update drive -a= -enc= w= -file= To update a single drive: secli update drive -a= -d= -file= A summary of the update process is displayed to you once the command completes running. NOTE: When attempting to update multiple drives, the specified firmware file is used on all drives within the scope of the command. Drives compatible with the firmware file are updated while incompatible drives fail gracefully. 18

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Output
For all the drives in a specific enclosure:
To get information about all the drives in a drawer within an enclosure:
secli list drives -a=<(
SASAddress
|
AdapterIndex
)> -enc=<(
WWN
|
EnclIndex
)> -
w=<
DrawerIndex
>
Output
For all the drives in a drawer within an enclosure:
The relevant information to record from the
list drives
command are the
Enclosure Slot Index
and
the
WWN
(Worldwide Name). These values are needed to perform actions on a specific drive such as
updating the firmware or blinking the drive.
Updating drives
You can update drive firmware using the information provided from running other
secli
commands. The
latest drive firmware for supported drives can be found at
support.dell.com
. Dell recommends stopping
all I/O between the server and the attached enclosures containing the drives that you want to update.
To update all drives visible to a specified adapter:
secli update drive -a=<(SASAddress | AdapterIndex)> -file=<FW.FilePath>
To update all the drives in a specified enclosure:
secli update drive -a=<(SASAddress | AdapterIndex)> -enc=<(WWN | EnclIndex)> -
file=<FW.FilePath>
To update all the drives in a specified drawer:
secli update drive -a=<(SASAddress | AdapterIndex)> -enc=<(WWN | EnclIndex)> -
w=<DrawerIndex> -file=<FW.FilePath>
To update a single drive:
secli update drive -a=<(SASAddress | AdapterIndex)> -d=<(WWN |
EnclosureSlotIndex | DrawerSlotIndex)> -file=<FW.FilePath>
A summary of the update process is displayed to you once the command completes running.
NOTE:
When attempting to update multiple drives, the specified firmware file is used on all drives
within the scope of the command. Drives compatible with the firmware file are updated while
incompatible drives fail gracefully.
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