User's Manual

Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations 57
Upgrading the Firmware
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager enables you to easily upgrade the controller
firmware. The latest firmware packages are available at
support.dell.com . The
images used for the update are contained in this package.
To upgrade the firmware, follow these steps:
1
In the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, click on
the icon of the Dell controller you need to upgrade.
2 In the right panel, click the Operations tab and select Flash Firmware .
3 Click Go .
4 Browse for the firmware file.
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager displays the version of the existing
firmware and the version of the new firmware file.
5 When you are prompted to indicate whether you want to upgrade the
firmware, click
Yes .
The controller is updated with the new firmware code contained in the the
.fw file or the .rom file.