Error messages
The following error messages might appear when using
saupdate
:
•
When keyword
LIST
or
UPDATE
is misspelled or extra parameters are specified:
Error: Syntax Error
Usage: saupdate LIST or saupdate UPDATE [ | all ]
•
When the controller ID in the
saupdate UPDATE
command is not correct:
No matching controller found
•
When a firmware file does not exist in the
saupdate UPDATE
directory:
INCPTR.BIN does not exist
.
File INCPTR.BIN: Not Found
•
When an invalid or corrupted firmware file is specified in the
saupdate UPDATE
command:
INCPTR.BIN does not exist.
File INCPTR.BIN: invalid or corrupted
Verifying and updating enclosure firmware offline
To verify and update the firmware in an external enclosure, follow the procedures in this section.
After initial installation, you can verify and update the enclosure firmware online using
sautil
.
See
“Checking and updating SAS storage enclosure firmware online” (page 82)
.
Verifying the enclosure firmware
To verify the firmware image on the enclosure, use
saupdate
from the EFI Shell.
To verify the enclosure firmware with
saupdate
:
1.
Prepare to run
saupdate
from the Offline Diagnostics CD or the EFI partition:
•
To run
saupdate
from the Offline Diagnostic CD:
a.
Place the Offline Diagnostic CD containing
saupdate.efi
in the CD drive before
booting the system.
b.
Boot the system to the EFI Shell prompt.
c.
Locate the
cdrom
entry in the list of mapped devices, and change to the device by
entering its associated
fs
number (for example,
fs0
) at the EFI Shell prompt.
d.
If the EFI utility is not located in the root directory, move to the directory where the
file is located, for example:
fs0:\> cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SmartArray
•
To run
saupdate
from the EFI partition:
a.
Download the SA EFI update utility
saupdate.efi
and copy it to the EFI partition.
b.
Boot the system to the EFI Shell and change directories to the EFI partition.
c.
If the EFI utility is not located in the root directory, move to the directory where the
file is located, for example:
fs0:\> cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SmartArray
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Installing the controller
