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DataDirect Networks SFA™ OS 1.5.3.0 Release Notes Revision B | 5
2.4 Pre-Firmware-Upgrade Procedure
2.4.1 SFA12K-40, SFA12K-20, and SFA12K-20E
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Before upgrading SFA OS on an SFA12K system, please read this section carefully.
SFA OS 1.5.3.0 has a feature that will upgrade the SFA12K Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC) firmware version automatically as part of the SFA OS upgrade. The
automatic update will only function with SFA12K BMC versions newer than 21.54.
Prior to upgrading to 1.5.3.0, please identify your current BMC version and then check
these notes:
1. If you have BMC version 21.54 or older, you must perform a manual BMC firmware
update before you load the SFA OS 1.5.3.0 firmware. Refer to the SFA12K BIOS and
BMC Firmware Update Field Bulletin, 96-00344-001.
2. The automatic update will take as long as 10 minutes. During that time, the SFA12K
controller will be unresponsive and will not show progress.
WARNING: Do NOT interrupt this upgrade process; doing so could damage
the controller.
3. If the BMC version is 21.62 (the current version), then the upgrade to SFA OS 1.5.3.0
will skip the BMC update (and its associated delay).
To identify your current BMC version:
1. View the output from 'SHOW ENCLOSURE' to identify the enclosures representing
your SFA12K-20E chassis.
For example, see Figure 1.
$ show enclosure
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* Enclosure(s) *
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Idx|Pos|Type |Logical ID |Vendor ID| Product ID|Revision|…
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0 NA CONTROLLER 0x0001ff0900160000 DDN SFA12000 0000 …
1 3 DISK 0x50001ff211320000 DDN SS7000 0502 …
2 2 DISK 0x50001ff2114be000 DDN SS7000 0502 …
3 5 DISK 0x50001ff2114ce000 DDN SS7000 0502 …
4 1 DISK 0x50001ff21156a000 DDN SS7000 0502 …
5 4 DISK 0x50001ff2114ba000 DDN SS7000 0502 …
6 NA CONTROLLER 0x0001ff0900100000 DDN SFA12000 0000 …
Total Enclosures: 7
Figure 1