Downloading the NVSRAM

Use the Upgrade Controller Firmware option to download .

The NVSRAM is activated immediately after the download, and the controllers go offline briefly to load the NVSRAM.

You also can use the (CLI) to download and activate NVSRAM to several storage subsystems. For more information, refer to the About the Command Line Interface online help topic.

  1. Select Tools >> Upgrade Controller Firmware .
    The Upgrade Controller Firmware window appears.

    The Storage Subsystem pane lists the storage subsystems. The Details pane shows the details of the storage subsystem that is selected in the Storage Subsystem pane.

  2. In the Storage Subsystem pane, select the storage subsystem for which you want to download the NVSRAM.You can select more than one storage subsystem.


    Note:

    The Details pane shows the details of only one storage subsystem at a time. If you select more than one storage subsystem in the Storage Subsystem pane, the details of the storage subsystems are not shown in the Details pane.

  3. Click NVSRAM in the Download area.


    Note:

    If you select a storage subsystem that cannot be upgraded, the NVSRAM button is disabled.

    The Download NVSRAM dialog appears. The current firmware version and the NVSRAM version of the selected storage subsystems appear.


    Important:

    If you select the storage subsystems with different controller types that cannot be updated with the same NVSRAM file and click NVSRAM, the Incompatible Controllers dialog appears. Click OK to close the dialog and select the storage subsystems with similar controller types.

  4. To locate the directory in which the NVSRAM file to download resides, click Browse in the Select file area.

    The Select File dialog appears.

  5. Select the file to download.
  6. Click OK.

    Any attributes of the NVSRAM file appear in the NVSRAM file information area. The attributes indicate the version of the NVSRAM file.

  7. Click OK.
    The Confirm Download dialog appears.
  8. Click Yes.
    The download starts and a progress indicator appears in the Status column of the Upgrade Controller Firmware window.

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