HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

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amdload(1M) amdload(1M)
-i Display the firmware revisions for all hardware components of the specified disk array.
-S Download new firmware to the disk system BCC controllers. The new code is stored in the
file identified by codefile.
If the
all option is included, download firmware to all disk system BCC controllers on the
disk array.
If the channel option is included, download firmware only to the specified disk systems.
Disk systems are identified by channel (1-6). Firmware will be downloaded to both BCC
controllers on the disk system.
If the -force option is included, non-optimal disk states will be ignored.
-? Display expanded usage message. This option overrides all others.
SECURITY CONFIGURATION
This command is modified for all security configurations.
Security Behavior/Restrictions
Use of this command is restricted to authorized users only.
Command Authorizations
This command requires the sysadmin authorization to successfully execute.
Privileges
The command has been modified to support least privilege. The potential privileges possessed by the com-
mand and their uses include:
allowdacread This privilege is raised to provide discretionary read access to the devices.
allowdacwrite This privilege is raised to provide discretionary write access to the devices.
allowmacread This privilege is raised to provide mandatory read access to the devices.
allowmacwrite This privilege is raised to provide mandatory write access to the devices.
filesysops This privilege is raised to allow the mknod(2) system call to succeed.
writeaudit The command generates its own audit records and submits these directly to the sys-
tem audit trail. This privilege is raised whenever the command needs to write an
audit record.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LC_MESSAGES determines the language in which messages are displayed. The current language settings
can be checked with locale(1).
RETURN VALUE
amdload returns the following values:
0 Successful completion.
1 An error in execution (I/O, subsystem, security, etc.) occurred.
2 An error in command syntax occurred: for example, an unknown command-line option was
passed.
3 Timeout in communication to server. May indicate AM60Srvr is not running.
DIAGNOSTICS
The following messages can be generated by amdload:
Usage: amdload -D {all | Chan:ID,Chan:ID,...} <codefile> <ArrayID>
amdload -C { all | <cntrlrID> } codefile <ArrayID>
amdload -S { all | <Chan>,<Chan>,...} [-force] <codefile> <ArrayID>
amdload -i <ArrayID>
Extended help: amdload -?
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