User`s guide

Operation 3-29
Use the Loadable Firmware Update (LFU) utility to update system firmware.
You can start LFU from either the SRM console or the AlphaBIOS console.
• From the SRM console, start LFU by issuing the lfu command (see
Example 3–10). Also from the SRM console, LFU can be booted from the Alpha
CD-ROM (V3.7 or later), as shown in Example 3–11.
• From the AlphaBIOS console, select Update AlphaBIOS from the AlphaBIOS
Setup screen (see Figure 3–4).
A typical update procedure is:
1.
Start LFU.
2.
Use the LFU list command to show the revisions of modules that LFU can
update and the revisions of update firmware.
3.
Use the LFU update command to write the new firmware.
4.
Use the LFU exit command to go back to the console.
The sections that follow show examples of updating firmware from the local CD-
ROM, the local floppy, and a network device. Following the examples is an LFU
command reference.
Example 3–11 Booting LFU from the CD-ROM
P00>>> show dev ncr0
polling ncr0 (NCR 53C810) slot 1, bus 0 PCI, hose 1 SCSI Bus ID 7
dka500.5.0.1.1 DKa500 RRD46 1645
P00>>> boot dka500
(boot dka500.5.0.1.1 -flags 0,0)
block 0 of dka500.5.0.1.1 is a valid boot block
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jumping to bootstrap code
The default bootfile for this platform is
[AS1200]AS1200_LFU.EXE
Hit <RETURN> at the prompt to use the default bootfile.
Bootfile: <CR>
Starting Firmware Update Utility
***** Loadable Firmware Update Utility *****
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