Use the Upgrade Controller Firmware option to upgrade the controller . Optionally, you also can upgrade the .
You can activate the firmware and the NVSRAM immediately after downloading, or you can wait for a more convenient time. Activating the firmware and the NVSRAM at a later time includes these advantages:
You also can use the (CLI) to download and activate firmware to several storage subsystems. For more information, refer to the About the Command Line Interface online help topic.
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.
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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.
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If you select a storage subsystem that cannot be upgraded, the Firmware button is disabled.The Download Firmware dialog appears. The current firmware version and the NVSRAM version of the selected storage subsystems appear.
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If you select the storage subsystems with different controller types that cannot be updated with the same firmware or NVSRAM file and click Firmware, the Incompatible Controllers dialog appears. Click OK to close the dialog, and select the storage subsystems with similar controller types.If you want to download the NVSRAM file with the controller firmware, select Download the NVSRAM file with firmware in the Select files area.
The Select File dialog appears.
Any attributes of the firmware file appear in the Firmware file information area. The attributes indicate the version of the firmware file.
If you select the NVSRAM file, any attributes of the NVSRAM file appear in the NVSRAM file information area. The attributes indicate the version of the NVSRAM file.
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If any of the selected storage subsystems do not support downloading the files and activating the firmware or NVSRAM later, Transfer files but don’t activate them (stage now, activate later) is disabled.