ADLINK Technology AdvancedMC AMC-8100, User Manual

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Fibre Channel Firmware Installation 17
AMC-8100
4.2 Updating the FC Firmware
The process of updating the FC firmware varies slightly, depend-
ing on the operating system.
GUI Update Tool for Windows and Linux Platforms
With the MyStorage® management software installed on either
Windows or Linux operating systems, you can use the MyStorage
software from LSI to update the firmware. Users can download
the MyStorage software from the LSI web site: www.lsi.com.
Refer to
MyStorage Management Software User’s Guide
for
detailed usage instructions.
Command Line Update Tool
Solaris, Linux, and Windows
LSI provides a FC Flash command line utility called LSIUtil to
update LSI Based adapters with new firmware. The software is
available for the Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems.
This section provides the procedure for operating this program.
FC949X.ROM
LSI Firmware update
MPTBIOS.ROM
LSI Boot BIOS update
LSI9x9f.ROM
LSI Fcode update
Running the LSIUtil Program
The LSIUtil program may be used to update the LSI FC firmware
of any 4 Gbit/s host adapter. Locate and copy the LSIUtil.exe pro-
gram and the FC949X.ROM code files to a directory on your hard
drive. To update the firmware, complete the following steps:
1. Ensure that the host adapter is properly installed in the
system PCI/PCI-X or PCI Express slot.
2. Open a terminal window, and open the directory contain-
ing the LSIUtil program.
3. Execute the LSIUtil program.
NOTE:
NOTE:
The LSIUtil program will not operate properly unless an LSI OS
driver is also installed.