Administrator Guide

2. Select the Update Disk Drives tab. This tab shows information about each disk drive in the system.
3. Select the disk drives to update.
4. Click File and select the firmware file to install.
5. Click OK.
CAUTION: Do not power cycle enclosures or restart a controller during the firmware update. If the update is
interrupted or there is a power failure, the disk drive might become inoperative. If this occurs, contact technical
support.
It typically takes several minutes for the firmware to load. Wait for a message that the update has completed.
6. Verify that each disk drive has the new firmware revision.
Using the activity progress interface
The activity progress interface reports whether a firmware update or partner firmware update operation is active and shows the progress
through each step of the operation. In addition, when the update operation completes, status is presented indicating either the successful
completion, or an error indication if the operation failed.
Use the activity progress interface
1. Enable the Activity Progress Monitor service. See Enable or disable system-management settings.
2. In a new tab in your web browser, enter the URL for the form: http://controller-address:8081/cgi-bin/
content.cgi?mc=MC-identifier&refresh=true where:
•
controller-address – Required parameter that specifies the IP address of a controller network port.
• mc= MC-identifier – Optional parameter that specifies the controller for which to report progress/status:
○ mc=A – Shows output for controller A only.
○ mc=B – Shows output for controller B only.
○ mc=both – Shows output for both controllers.
○ mc=self – Shows output for the controller whose IP address is specified.
• refresh=true – Optional parameter that causes automatic refresh of the displayed output every second. This will continue until
either:
○ The parameter is removed.
○ The controller whose IP address is specified is restarted and communication is lost.
When activity is in progress, the interface will display an MC-specific Activity Progress table with the following properties and
values.
Table 10. Activity progress properties and values
Property Value
Time The date and time of the latest status update.
Seconds The number of seconds this component has been active.
Component The name of the object being processed.
Status The status of the component representing its progress/completion state.
○ ACTIVE – The operation for this component is currently active and in progress.
○ OK – The operation for this component completed successfully and is now inactive.
○ N/A – The operation for this component was not completed because it was not applicable.
○ ERROR – The operation for this component failed with an error (see code and message).
Code A numeric code indicating the status.
○ 0 – The operation for this component completed with a “completed successfully” status.
○ 1 – The operation for this component was not attempted because it is not applicable (the
component doesn’t exist or doesn’t need updating).
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