Emulex LightPulse LPe1105-M4 HBA Installation Guide download pdf (Page 40)

EMC Host Connectivity with Emulex FC HBAs and FCoE CNAs for the Linux Environment

Installing and Configuring the BIOS Settings

2. Start the firmware update utility:

cd /usr/sbin/lpfc

./lputil

3. Select Option 3 – Firmware Maintenance.

4. Select the number of the adapter to update.

5. Select Option 1 – Load Firmware Update.

6. Enter the full name of the image file (as shown in the table above;

for example,

td190a4.all) and press ENTER.

7. Select Option 0 – Return to Main Menu.

8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 for each additional adapter in the

system.

9. If you plan to update the BIOS on the system that will allow the

system to boot from the EMC storage array, then update the Boot

BIOS as described in “Verifying and updating the Emulex firmware

and boot BIOS” on page 32.

10. If you do not plan to update the Boot BIOS, then reboot the

system.

Note: If you are using the HBA to boot from the SAN, update the Boot BIOS

immediately after updating the firmware as the firmware overwrites part of

the Boot BIOS.

Updating the HBA boot BIOS with lputil

Follow these steps to upgrade the boot BIOS using the lputil:

To update the boot BIOS on the HBAs:

1. Ensure that the firmware has been updated prior to updating the

boot BIOS.

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