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Flashing with the AFU Utility, Select, Controllers, Update, Verify, Display flash, information

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Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Flashing with the AFU Utility To flash the firmware using the AFU utility, follow these steps: 1 Shut down your system. 2 Insert the bootable diskette that contains the AFU utility. 3 Power on the system. If the system has not been set up to boot from the diskette, please read your manufacturer's instructions on how to set this up. Note: The following steps explain how to use the AFU utility from the command line. The AFU utility also supports a graphical interface, which you can access by typing afu with no arguments at the initial AFU command prompt. The graphical interface allows you to Select Controllers and then Update, Save, and Verify the flash image, as well as Display flash information. If you elect to use the AFU graphical interface to flash your firmware, select the controller(s) to be flashed from the Select Controller(s) menu, and then from the Select an Operation menu, Update, Save, and Verify the flash image, following the on-screen instructions. 4 At the DOS prompt, type the following command and press : \> afu list This command displays a list of the controllers in your system. Take note of the controller(s) you would like to update and its number (or numbers if there are more than one). Verify that the controller you wish to update is identified. 5 If you want to flash the firmware on one controller, go to step a. If you want to flash the firmware on more than one controller, go to step b. If you want to flash the firmware on all controllers, go to step c. D-2

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Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide
Flashing with the AFU Utility
To flash the firmware using the AFU utility, follow these steps:
1
Shut down your system.
2
Insert the bootable diskette that contains the AFU utility.
3
Power on the system.
If the system has not been set up to boot from the diskette,
please read your manufacturer
’
s instructions on how to set this
up.
Note:
The following steps explain how to use the AFU
utility from the command line. The AFU utility also
supports a graphical interface, which you can access
by typing
afu
with no arguments at the initial AFU
command prompt.
The graphical interface allows you to
Select
Controllers
and then
Update
,
Save
, and
Verify
the
flash image, as well as
Display flash
information
.
If you elect to use the AFU graphical interface to flash
your firmware, select the controller(s) to be flashed
from the
Select
Controller(s)
menu, and then from the
Select an Operation
menu,
Update
,
Save
, and
Verify
the flash image, following the on-screen instructions.
4
At the DOS prompt, type the following command and press
<Enter>
:
\>
afu list
This command displays a list of the controllers in your system.
Take note of the controller(s) you would like to update and its
number (or numbers if there are more than one). Verify that the
controller you wish to update is identified.
5
If you want to flash the firmware on one controller, go to
step a. If you want to flash the firmware on more than one
controller, go to step b. If you want to flash the firmware on all
controllers, go to step c.