HP ProLiant iSCSI Boot for Linux User Guide

Installation and configuration 9

mezzanine adapters. For embedded adapters, both can be updated and co-exist but at any point of time

only one can be used.

The HP iSCSI option ROM offers the following:

• PCI compatible option ROM header that identifies the ROM code to BIOS

• System BIOS Interrupt 13 Disk Interface that translates BIOS disk I/O to iSCSI

• HP iSCSI Data Mover that performs iSCSI PDU Protocol

• Binary image of an UNDI implementation

• Firmware component to perform TCP/IP encapsulation

Updating the iSCSI boot option ROM

The HP NC-Series Broadcom Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux (CP00xxxx.scexe) upgrades the

iSCSI boot option ROM firmware image on all iSCSI-capable adapters:

• HP NC370x Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

• HP NC371x Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

• HP NC373x Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

• HP NC374x Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

• HP NC380T Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

• HP NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

• HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

• HP NC373m Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter

Updating using CP00xxxx.scexe

To update the iSCSI boot option ROM on all iSCSI capable adapters, HP NC-Series Broadcom Online

Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux called CP00xxxx.scexe is provided in the \linux\fwupgrade folder in

the HP ProLiant Networking SoftPaq. Two components are provided in the directory, one for x86 and one

for x86_64. Read the CP00xxxx.txt file to determine the component needed for the required system

architecture.

The HP NC-Series Broadcom Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux does not install iSCSI firmware. It

only upgrades iSCSI if iSCSI is already installed on the adapter. It can also update to iSCSI if PXE is

already installed.

Updating iSCSI option ROM

To update to latest iSCSI boot option ROM image, complete the following steps.

1. The firmware utility requires the adapter interface to be up and running. Bring up a network adapter

interface using the following command:

# ifup ethx

# ifconfig ethx up

2. Update the firmware using the following command:

#./CPXXXXXX.scexe -s

Replacing PXE option ROM