How to upgrade downgrade EFI driver and firmware for fiber channel storage cards on IA serverDraf.docx

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HowtoupgradedowngradeEFIdriverandfirmwareforfiberchannelstoragecardsonIAserverDraf

Howtoupgrade/downgradeEFIdriverandfirmwareforfiberchannelstoragecardsonIAserver（Draft1）

Version

Author

Date

Audit

Date

Draft1

Yiming

2009-02-01

1.Preparebeforeupgrade/downgradeEFIdriverandfirmware

oDownloadtheEFIdriverandfirmware

oUploadtheEFIdriverandfirmwaretoserverwhichyouwanttoupgrade/downgrade,theuploadfileshouldbeputat/boot/efi/,becausethisdirectoryisthemappingfortheEFIpartition

oReboottheserverandpausethebootprocessatEFIbootmanager

oSelecttheEFIshelllinetogototheEFIshellonEFIbootmanager

oGotothefsX:

whereyourOSwasinstalledon

oForexample

oShell>fs0:

oEnterthedirwhereyouuploadyourfirmwarefilesin.ThedirectorypathinEFIshellequaltothedirectoryunder“/boot/efi”inOS

oForexample

o“/boot/efi/ForDoc”inOSequal“fs0:

\>ForDoc”

oFs0:

\>cdForDoc

2.Upgrade/downgradeEFIdriverandfirmwareforQlogicFCcards

oQlogicFCcardswillupgrade/downgradeEFIdriverandfirmwaretogetherthroughrunascriptfromEFIshell.

oGotothedirectorywhereyouhaveuploadedthefirmwareforQlogicFCcard.Thedirectoryincludealotoffiles.Youonlyfocustwofiles.The“efiutil.efi”fileisatoolwhichyoucanuseittoreviewfirmwareversionandFCcardsforQlogicinformation,andthe“update.nsh”fileisusedtoupgradefirmwareforQlogic

oRun“efiutil.efi”toolandcheckthefirmwareversioncurrently

oForexample

oFs0:

\>efiutilvpd_displayall

oRun“update.nsh”toolandthefirmwareandbootcode（EFIdriver）willbeupgradedautomation

oForexample

oFs0:

\>update.nsh

oWaittheupgradeprocessfinish

oYouneeddoapowercycleaftertheupgradeprocessfinish

oForexample

oFs0:

\>reset

oWaittheserverreboot.BreakthebootprocesswhenEFIbootmanagerappearandreentertheEFIshell

oRun“efiutil.efi”tooltoverifythattheupgradeissuccess

3.Upgrade/downgradeEFIdriverandfirmwareforEmulexFCcards

oEmulexwillupgrade/downgradeEFIdriverandfirmwarewithtwodifferentfile,thisisnotsametoEmulexFCcards.andyoucanusedthe“drvcfg”toolwhichiscombinewithEFIshelltoupgrade/downgradeEFIdriverandfirmwareforEmulexFCcards

oUseEFIcommand“drivers”toreviewEFIdriverversionforEmulexFCcards.TheEFIdriverversionatIMAGENAMEcolumnandthekeywordis“ELxcliXXXX”.ThenrecordtheDRVnumber

oForexample

ofs0:

\ForDoc>drivers

otheresultisElxcli311a5,themeansthattheEFIdriverversionis3.11a5,DRVnumberis32

o（Attention:

youcaninstallthemulti-FCcardsandtheyhavesomedifferentEFIdriverversion.TheEFIshellwilldisplaythetwotopversiononly）

o（Attention:

theDRVnumberwillchangeperhapswhenrebootingserverorrun“reconnect–r”）

oGotothedirectorywhereyouputEFIdriverforEmulexFCcards.Generally,thereinclude3files.“.efi”fileisusedforloadingEFIdrivertemporary,“.all“fileisusedforupgradingtheFCcardsfirmwareandthe“.PRG“fileusedforupgradingthebootcode（orEFIdriver）.

oUnloadtheoldEFIdirver,theparameterisDRVnumberwhichyoucangetwith“drivers[DRVnumber]“command

oForexample

oFs0:

\>unload32

o（Attention:

youmustallEFIdriverforEmulexFCcardsbeforeloadingnowEFIdriver.Ifnot,thenewEFIdrivercannotbeusedperhaps）

oLoadthenewEFIdrivermanuallyafterunloadedtheolderEFIdriver

oForexample

oFs0:

\>loadElxcli400A6.efi

o（Attention:

ifyourEFIdrivercannotbeused,youcanrun“reconnect–r”torecognizethedevice.Waitingthecommandrunfinish,youneedrerunthe“drivers”andreviewitsDRVnumber）

oUsethecommand“drvcfg[DRVnumber]”listthedevice,thenusethecommand“drvcfg[DRVnumber][Ctrlnumber]”gototheFCEFI-BiosFirmwareUpdateUtility

oForexample

oFs0:

\>drvcfg9b

oFs0:

\>drvcfg–s9bc0

o（Attention:

ifyouhavemorethanoneresultwhichcanbelistbydrvcfg[DRVnumber]command,youcanchoseanyonetogototheconfigurationinterface.AllFCcardswillbelistedforit）

oSelecttheFCcardwhichyouwanttoupgradeandselect“FirmwareUpdate”togotothefirmwareupgradeinterface.Thenfillingthebootcodepathandfilename,thetoolwillupgradethebootcodeautomatically

oSometimes,yougetmulti-portsFCcardsandwanttoupgradealltheportstogetheronthesamecard,thenyoucanselect“BatchModeUpdate”

oSelectthecardswhichyouwanttoupgradeandpress“p”tostartupgradeprocess

oThefillinformationisthesamewith“Upgradeselectedadapter”.Theupgradesummarywilldisplayattheend.

oThefirmwareupgradeisthesametoupgradebootcode.ThedifferentisFilenameisfirmwarefilenameonly（.all）.

oExittheEmulexFCEFI-BiosFirmwareUpdateUtilityatfirst,thenrun“reconnect–r”or“reset”.Theserverwillrereadthecard’sinformation.

oForexample

oFs0:

\>reconnect–r

oOr

oFs0:

\>reset

oYoucanuse“drivers”toverifytheEFIdriverversionand“drvcfg–v[DRVnumber][Ctrlnumber]”toverifythefirmwareversion

oForexample

oFs0:

\>drivers

oFs0:

\>drvcfg32

oFs0:

\>drvcfg–v3234