H06.05 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Overview of Installing the H06.05 RVU
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Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware
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FCSA. The FCSA has two ports that allow connection to external, fibre-channel-
enabled devices. You might need to update these firmware files using either SCF
or OSM.
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The flash boot firmware (T0630G06) contains version information about the
boot firmware located in the FCSA FLASH memory. The boot firmware runs on
every FCSA after power on and after hardware or firmware errors, and is re-
downloaded to initialize the adapter and to accept downloaded firmware from
the processor. The AAG SPR is available for this T number.
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The flash firmware (T0612G06) contains version information about the
operational firmware located in the FCSA FLASH memory. Flash firmware runs
the FCSAs used for system load so that the processor boot millicode can read
the system-load disk.
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RAM firmware: Operational firmware is downloaded to the FCSA when you
issue the first START DISK command to the first disk drive in the fibre-channel
loop.
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Use the OSM Service Connection to check the FCSA’s firmware version and
update the firmware, if needed. If the Compare State shows Down-rev, update
the firmware. The following example shows that the firmware is at an earlier
version and needs to be updated:
VST013.vsd