HP Surestore Disk Array 12h Controller Module Installation Guide - Page 21

click on Disk Array 12H

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or, inside the HP firewall (HP-qualified personnel only): • http://essd.boi.hp.com • click on "Products" • click on "Disk Arrays" • click on "Disk Array 12H" • click on "AutoRAID firmware" • left click on "ARDlif_HPxx" (xx = the controller firmware revision you want to download) • save the file using "save as" to your system Once you have the ARDlif file, copy it to a tape using the following command: dd if=ARDlif of=/dev/rmt/{tapedrive} bs=2k 2. On the machine you want to download and while the operating system is running get the following information: Perform an "ioscan -fnCdisk" and "ioscan -fnCtape" to locate the arrays and the tape device and note their location. Tape device hardware address Tape device location (i.e., /dev/rmt/...): Disk array(s) bus number(s): Firmware file name needed to download (This file should be in the ARDlif file) Primary controller 21

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or, inside the HP firewall (HP-qualified personnel only):
click on “Products”
click on “Disk Arrays”
click on “Disk Array 12H”
click on “AutoRAID firmware”
left click on “ARDlif_HPxx” (xx = the controller firmware revision you want to download)
save the file using “save as” to your system
Once you have the ARDlif file, copy it to a tape using the following command:
dd if=ARDlif of=/dev/rmt/{tapedrive} bs=2k
2.
On the machine you want to download and while the operating system is running get the following
information:
Perform an “ioscan -fnCdisk” and “ioscan –fnCtape” to locate the arrays and the tape device and note their
location.
Tape device hardware address
_________________________________________
Tape device location (i.e., /dev/rmt/…):
_________________________________________
Disk array(s) bus number(s):
_________________________________________
Firmware file name needed to download
(This file should be in the ARDlif file)
_________________________________________
Primary controller
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