Updating Expander Board Firmware Using Linux
To update expander board firmware using Linux:
1.
Log into the Linux terminal.
2.
Open the terminal.
3.
Create a temporary folder
/expander
.
4.
Copy the g3Xflash utility and expander FW/MFG images to the
/expander
folder.
5.
Execute the following command to scan the expander device and obtain four
expander SAS addresses:
./g3Xflash -i get avail
.
6.
Execute the following commands to update expander firmware images for whole
expanders:
./g3Xflash
–
i <SAS Address> down fw <Expander Firmware image> 1 -y
.
[root@expander]# ./g3Xflash -i get avail
********************************************************************************
g3Xflash
Expander Flash Utility
Version: 14.1.0.0
Copyright 2016 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.
********************************************************************************
Initializing Interface.
Expander: SledgeHammer_2 (SAS_35X_36)
1)
SledgeHammer_2 (SAS_35X_36) (51C666DF:B6CB203F)
2)
SledgeHammer_0 (SAS_35X_36) (51C666DF:B6CB803F)
3)
SledgeHammer_1 (SAS_35X_36) (51C666DF:B6CB903F)
4)
SledgeHammer_3 (SAS_35X_36) (51C666DF:B6CB303F)
[root@expander]# ./g3Xflash -i 51C666DFB6CB203F down fw Expander-Firmware_Image_
v0.0.0.2_20170223.fw 1 -y
********************************************************************************
g3Xflash
Expander Flash Utility
Version: 14.1.0.0
Copyright 2016 Avago Technologies.
All rights reserved.
******************************************************************************** Initializing
Interface.
Expander: SledgeHammer_2 (SAS_35X_36)
Expander Validation: Passed
Checksum: Passed
Target Firmware Region: 01
Current Version: 00.00.00.01
Replacement Version: 00.00.00.02
Image Validation: Passed
Pre-Validation of image is successful.
Downloading File...........Download Complete.
Post-validating.......Post-Validation of image is successful.
Download Successful.
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