Downloading the Firmware and the NVSRAM (Activate Now or Later)

Use the Upgrade Controller Firmware option to download controller and, optionally, . You might choose to activate the firmware and NVSRAM immediately or wait until a more convenient time. Reasons for activating firmware and NVSRAM at a later time include these situations:

You also can use the to download and activate firmware and 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 upgrade the controller firmware or 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 Firmware in the Download area.


    Note:

    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.


    Note:

    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.

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

    The Select File dialog appears.

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

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

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

  7. If you want to download the file and activate the firmware and NVSRAM later, select Transfer files but don’t activate them (stage now, activate later).


    Note:

    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.

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

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