3. To determine the current version of the firmware, follow these steps.
a. At the EFI Shell, enter mptutil from the directory that contains mptutil.efi. The
following example indicates that the EFI Serial Attached SCSI card utility version is
1.01.12.00:
fs0:\EFI\HP\TOOLS\NETWORK> mptutil
MPTUTIL-1.01.12.00
Vendor Device Choice
ID ID Bus Device
------ ------ ------ --- ------
0 1000h 0054h 14h 01h LSI Logic SAS1068 Host Adapter
1 - Refresh
b. Press Enter.
4. To update the firmware, use the mptutil command.
5. Reset the controller.
fs0:\> reset
The mptutil commands and functions are listed in Table 86 and described in the following
sections.
Table 86 mptutil Commands and Functions
FunctionCommand
Updating HBA RISC firmware on the controllermptutil -f <firmware_file>
Updating EFI driver on first controllermptutil -o -g <x86_file> <fcode_file>
Viewing VPD informationmptutil -o -vpd -c 0
Parameters in < > are optional. A space is required between command line options and their parameters.
The following sections describe the mptutil commands and functions.
Flashing Firmware on First Controller
To update the HBA RISC firmware on the first controller, follow these steps:
1. At the fsO:\> prompt, enter mptutil -f <firmware_file> -c 0.
2. At the fsO:\> prompt, enter reset.
The filename is optional and you are prompted for a filename if omitted.
Another way for the firmware to be flashed is done without your knowledge. When mptutil is
executed, and a SAS HBA is in any state other than ready or operational, mptutil immediately
performs a firmware download boot. The firmware provided by you to do the firmware download
boot is immediately flashed after the firmware download boot has completed. mptutil does this
because the firmware only moves to the operational state if it is running from flash and not memory.
Operational state is needed to do everything else provided in the utility.
Flashing BIOS and EFI Driver on the First Controller
To update the EFI driver on the first controller, follow these steps:
1. At the fsO:\> prompt, enter mptutil -o -g <Bios_File> <EFI_driver_file> -c
0.
2. At the fsO:\> prompt, enter reset.
The filename is optional and you are prompted for a filename if omitted.
Common Questions About Flashing Firmware
Question After I update firmware on my SAS HBA, why doesn't the version string change in
the menu?
Answer The firmware you just flashed on the HBA does not run until a diagnostic reset occurs.
If you exit the utility and reenter it, the version string is updated.
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