HP Surestore Disk Array 12h System Administrator's Guide for HP-UX, MPE, and W - Page 151

MPE Using the ARM Command Line Utilities for MPE Downloading Firmware Downloading Firmware The download command copies new firmware code to the controller(s) or individual disk mechanisms in the disk array. Firmware also can be copied from a primary array controller to a secondary controller. The ARMServer process continues to run while the download is in progress. However, this process may not be able to access the array during the download because the download operation shuts down the disk array. This may cause warning messages such as the following to be displayed: access error: Unable to get status from disk array on at These warning messages can be ignored. CAUTION! The firmware code is copied from the primary controller to the secondary controller, so before performing this task make sure the controller that has the desirable code is designated the primary controller. See "Switching Primary Controllers" for instructions on changing the state of the controller. To download firmware to a disk, type: download -D slot codefilename slot identifies the cabinet shelf containing the disk drive codefilename identifies the file containing the firmware code To download firmware to the disk array controllers, type: download -C codefilename codefilename identifies the file containing the firmware code To download firmware from the primary controller to the secondary controller, type: download -M 151