HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters Support Guide FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Driver, September 2009

Flowchart 3: Boot Test Procedures
The sections below provide additional detail on the procedures listed in Flowchart 3.
A. Is the system bootable over the Fibre Channel adapter? Only certain systems can boot over
the Fibre Channel adapter. If your system cannot do this, you must boot from a SCSI device.
B. Is the system firmware version adequate? Check the system firmware version on your
system for the minimum required date code for your adapter. If Yes, go to step D; if No, go
to step C.
C. Update firmware. Update the firmware to the appropriate level.
D. Is the minimum required Fibre Channel adapter ROM firmware installed? This step
applies to Fibre Channel adapters installed in HP/9000 and HP Integrity systems. If the
minimum ROM firmware version (or a later version) is installed, go to 4 on Flowchart 2. If
not, go to step E.
E. Is the minimum required EFI version for the Fibre Channel adapter installed? This step
applies to Fibre Channel adapters installed in HP Integrity systems only. If the minimum
EFI version (or a later version) is installed, go to 4 on Flowchart 2. If not, go to step G.
Firmware Updates
This section explains the process for updating the firmware of your Fibre Channel host bus
adapter.
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Online Firmware Updates
The Fibre Channel host bus adapters that use the FCD driver can be updated while the system
is online by using the rom_fw_update option of the fcmsutil command.
CAUTION: Do not attempt to use the following procedure if the adapter is attached to a boot
disk, swap, or dump device; this will result in a system hang. The firmware update can also be
accomplished at the EFI shell during bootup with the efiutil tool described in the following
section, Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Offline Driver and Firmware Updates.
An example of updating the A6826A firmware is as follows:
# fcmsutil /dev/fcd8 rom_fw_update romfw.bin
WARNING: This is a DESTRUCTIVE operation.
This might result in failure of current I/O requests.
Do you want to continue? (y/n) [n]...y
##### IMPORTANT NOTICE:
If boot disks are connected to this HBA and your system is
not configured with LVM or if LVM is configured without
failover capablity, this operation can cause significant
system downtime in case any error occurs during the ROM
update operation.
Do you want to continue? (y/n) [n]...y
Please save the below Vital Product Data (VPD) information.
If the ROM update fails due to an irrecoverable error, this
data may be lost forever. In such a scenraio, this data can
be used to restore back the VPD onto the failed ROM, during
ODE recovery procedures.
V I T A L P R O D U C T D A T A
--------- ------------- -------
Product Discription : "Dual Port 2Gbps/1Gbps Fibre Channel Universal PCI-X Adapter"
Part number : "A6826-60001"
Engineering Date Code : "X-4306"
Part Serial number : "US00000083"
Misc. Information : "PW=15W;PCI 66MHZ;PCI-X 133MHZ"
Firmware Updates 33