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Appendix B Upgrade Kinetix 5100 Drive Firmware
Upgrade Your Firmware Use either ControlFLASH Plus software or ControlFLASH software to upgrade
your firmware.
• To use ControlFLASH Plus software, see Use ControlFLASH Plus
Software to Upgrade Your Drive Firmware on page 479.
• To use ControlFLASH software, see Use ControlFLASH Software to
Upgrade Your Drive Firmware on page 482.
Use ControlFLASH Plus Software to Upgrade Your Drive Firmware
Follow these steps to select the Kinetix 5100 drive to upgrade.
1. Start ControlFLASH Plus software.
2. Click the Flash Devices tab. If the device is not already present in
Browsing from path:, complete these steps:
a. Click .
b. In the Network Browser dialog box, locate and select the device to
upgrade.
c. Click OK.
The Status field displays Non-DMK Firmware must be installed
manually. This is accomplished with the ControlFLASH MSI file.
You can choose to select and upgrade the firmware for all drive modules
in your system. However, in this procedure only one drive is selected for a
firmware upgrade.