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8. Once the drive firmware download procedure starts, you can monitor the progress, as
shown in Figure 7-28. This gives you information about the current status of the download.
After the process is finished, you can also see whether all drives were successfully
updated.
Figure 7-28 Drive firmware update: Download progress window
7.1.10 Updating host bus adapter (HBA) firmware
This section describes the procedure to update the HBA firmware in Windows, Linux
(graphical based), and AIX environments. However, different HBA vendors offer different tools
to manage the HBAs.
We describe the following procedures in this section:
“Update Brocade HBA firmware using Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM)” on
page 358
For more details about Brocade HCM, see 7.11.1, “Brocade HBA and Brocade Host
Configuration Manager (HCM)” on page 436
“Update Emulex HBA firmware using Emulex HBAnyware” on page 359
For more details about Emulex HBAnyware, see 7.11.2, “Emulex HBA tools” on page 441
“Update the HBA firmware using QLogic SANsurfer” on page 360
For more details about QLogic SANsurfer, see 7.11.3, “Qlogic HBAs and SANsurfer
(Windows/Linux)” on page 443
“Updating HBAs in AIX environments” on page 362
Download the HBA firmware
You can find the latest HBA firmware version at the IBM System Storage Support site at the
following address:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk
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