HP Smart Array HP-UX 11i v2 - Updating the Smart Array Controller Firmware Online

**** S A U T I L S u p p o r t U t i l i t y ****
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**** for the HP SmartArray RAID Controller Family ****
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**** version A.02.11 ****
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**** (C) Copyright 2003-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. ****
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---- DRIVER INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------
Driver State........................ READY
---- CONTROLLER INFORMATION --------------------------------------------------
Controller Product Number........... P400
Controller Product Name............. HP PCIe SmartArray P400
Hardware Path....................... 0/6/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0
Serial Number....................... PA5360BBFSW2ON
Device File......................... /dev/ciss5
Hardware Revision................... ‘B’
Firmware Revision (in ROM).......... 2.08
# of Logical Drives................. 2
# of Physical Disks Configured...... 4
# of Physical Disks Detected........ 4
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In this example, the Smart Array Controller /dev/ciss5 has ROM firmware revision 2.08.
Updating the Smart Array controller firmware online
The sautil command syntax for updating Smart Array Controller firmware is:
#sautil <device_file> download_ctlr_fw <fw_image>
where:
<device_file> The controller device file. Determine the device file for the Smart Array
Controller by running the ioscan -kfnd ciss command as described in
“Determining the Smart Array series controller device file” (page 78).
<fw_image> The file path for the firmware version you want to install on the Smart Array
Controller.
When you enter the sautil <device_file> download_ctlr_fw <fw_image> command,
the installed firmware version is listed with the firmware version contained in <fw_image>. You
can proceed with the download or cancel:
# sautil /dev/ciss5 download_ctlr_fw INCPTR.PAK
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**** S A U T I L S u p p o r t U t i l i t y ****
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**** for the HP SmartArray RAID Controller Family ****
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**** version A.02.11 ****
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**** (C) Copyright 2003-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. ****
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Using sautil to check and update the controller firmware 79