Installation Guide - HP AD397A rx2660 SAS Smart Array P400 Controller

Installing the SAS Smart Array P400 Controller

Checking and Updating Smart Array P400 Controller Firmware

Chapter 1

Checking and Updating Smart Array P400 Controller Firmware

Follow the procedures in this section to verify that the correct adapter firmware version is installed before you

attempt to boot the server. Firmware version requirements are found in the HP Smart Array RAID

Controllers Support Matrix in the “Smart Array (RAID)” section of:

http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html

WARNING The HP Smart Array P400 Controller Option has specific adapter firmware version

requirements for use in HP Integrity servers. If you use any other firmware version,

data loss may occur. Follow the steps in this section to ensure that the correct

firmware version is installed.

Checking the Controller Firmware

Use saupdate from the EFI Shell to update the firmware image on the HP Smart Array P400. Follow one of

these two procedures to run saupdate:

• If you are using saupdate from the Offline Diagnostic CD:

Step 1. Place the Offline Diagnostic CD containing saupdate.efi in the CD drive before booting the

system.

Step 2. Boot the system to the EFI Shell prompt.

Step 3. Locate the cdrom entry in the list of mapped devices, and change to the device by typing its

associated fs number (for example, fs0) under EFI Shell prompt.

Step 4. If the EFI utility is not located in the root directory, move to the directory in which the file is

located, for example:

fs0:\>cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SmartArray

• If you are not using the Offline Diagnostic CD:

Step 1. Download the SA EFI update utility saupdate.efi and copy it to the EFI partition.

Step 2. Boot the system to the EFI Shell and change directories to the EFI partition.

Step 3. If the EFI utility is not located in the root directory, move to the directory in which the file is

located, for example:

fs0:\>cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SmartArray

• Run saupdate.efi using the using the fs0:\> saupdate.efi command.

•Use saupdate LIST to display all detected Smart Array controllers along with the active firmware

versions: