HP StorageWorks Q2300, Installation Manual

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Upgrading the HBA EFI driver and RISC firmware on Linux systems 18
Upgrading the HBA on Linux systems
Use the following procedure to upgrade the Q2300 HBA on Linux:
1. Place the Q2300 HBA in a Linux server with a local boot disk.
2. Boot to Linux.
3. Load the fibreutils RPM.
4. Reboot the server to the EFI shell.
5. Set the drive to the boot device. For example, fs1:
6. Change to the directory containing EFIUTIL. For example:
cd \efi\qla2x00
7. Enter
efiutil.efi
to run EFIUTIL.
8. Enter the
adapter
command to select the first adapter channel.
9. Enter the
risc_fw_write
command to write the risc firmware. Use the default firmware file.
10. Enter the
efi_write
command to write the EFI driver. Use the default driver file.
11. Repeat step 8 through step 10 for other adapter channels.
12. Choose quit to exit EFIUTIL.
13. Enter the
reset
command to reboot.