User`s guide

11 – Updating the HBA
Upgrading an HBA with New Firmware
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Upgrading an HBA with New Firmware
If you are receiving a QLA4xxx HBA for the first time, the current version of firmware
is already loaded. If you are upgrading a QLA4xxx HBA, follow the instructions in
this section to load the latest firmware from the QLogic Web site.
The SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager HBA Information tab displays the current
firmware version (see section 9.2.1).
To obtain the new firmware, follow these steps:
1. Obtain the new firmware. Locate the iSCSI firmware on the QLogic Web site
(support.qlogic.com
) and click Download.
2. The File Download dialog box displays. Click Save. Specify a temporary
location on the hard disk and download the file.
3. In the temporary directory, locate the file, ql4xxx.dl. Double-click the file to
extract it to a specified directory.
Perform the following procedures to upgrade the HBA firmware:
1. In the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager main window HBA tree, select the HBA
port. Click the HBA Options tab; click the Firmware tab. The HBA Options
tabbed page (Firmware tab) displays (see figure 11-8).
Figure 11-8. HBA Options Tabbed Page (Firmware Tab)