Downloading the Disk Drive Firmware

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:


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.

  1. From the Subsystem Management Window, select Advanced >> Maintenance >> Download >> Disk Drive Firmware/Mode Pages .
  2. 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.

  3. Enter the firmware file to download in the Select file area by performing one of these actions.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

  6. Perform one of these steps, depending on the result of the download: