Use the Download Disk Drive Firmware option to transfer a downloadable file to disk drives in the . Running this option from the management station causes a file transfer to selected disk drives.
Note:
Risk of application errors – Downloading the disk drive firmware could cause application errors.
Keep these important guidelines in mind when you download disk drive firmware to avoid the risk of application errors:
Downloading disk drive firmware incorrectly could result in damage to the disk drives or loss of data. Perform downloads only
under the guidance of a representative.
Stop all I/O to the storage subsystem before the download to prevent application errors.
It is your responsibility to make sure that the firmware that you download to the disk drives is compatible with the disk
drives that you select. If non-compatible firmware is downloaded, the selected disk drives might become unusable.
Do not make any configuration changes to the storage subsystem while downloading the disk drive firmware. This action could
cause the disk drive firmware download to fail and make the selected disk drives unusable.
Important:
Downloads can take several minutes to complete. During a download, a Working dialog appears. Do not attempt another operation until the Working dialog no longer appears.
From the Subsystem Management Window, select Advanced >> Maintenance >> Download >> Disk Drive Firmware/Mode Pages.
In the Select disk drives area, either highlight each disk drive that you to which you want to download firmware, or click Select All to highlight all of the disk drives in the storage subsystem.
Note:
If you are downloading the firmware to more than one disk drive, all of the selected disk drives must be from the same manufacturer.
Each selected disk drive should have the same product ID.
Enter the firmware file to download in the Select file area by performing one of these actions.
Enter the location and name of the file in the Select file field (for example, C:\filename).
Click Browse, and select the firmware file from a local disk drive or network disk drive.
Click Start. Confirm your selections, and either click Yes to continue with the firmware download, or click No to quit.
The Start button changes to Stop after a firmware download is started. If you click Stop while a firmware download is in progress, the current download finishes before the operation stops. The status field for
the remaining disk drives changes to Canceled.
Monitor the progress and the completion status of the download to the disk drives. The progress and status of each disk drive
participating in the download appears in the status field of the Select Disk Drives table.
Each firmware download can take several minutes to complete.
If the targeted file transfer is pending, the displayed text is Pending.
If the targeted file transfer is in progress, the displayed text is Downloading.
If the targeted file transfer successfully completes, the displayed text is Complete.
If the targeted file transfer is stopped, the displayed text is Canceled.
If the targeted file transfer does not successfully complete, the displayed text is Failed.
Perform one of these steps, depending on the result of the download:
The download was successful – The status fields of the disk drives show Complete. The disk drives are now operating with the new firmware.
The download failed – The status field of one disk drive shows Failed, and the remainder of the disk drives show Canceled. Make sure that the new firmware file is compatible before you attempt another firmware download.