HP A6829A PCI Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Service and User Guide (May 2003)

Installing the A6829A Adapter
Using the EFI Flash Utility
Chapter 262
Using the EFI Flash Utility
If you are installing the A6829A SCSI HBA in an Itanium-based
system, use the Extended Firmware Interface (EFI) flash utility to verify
the firmware version, or to flash and save firmware images onto the
A6829A HBA.
The EFI flash utility is supported on HP A6829A SCSI HBA, which is
based on the 53C1010 LSI Logic SCSI chip.
Features
The features of the EFI flash utility are as follows:
• Supports HBA selection for updating the SCSI parameters.
• Displays the firmware version on an HBA or in a firmware image file.
• Supports a menu driven mode.
• Allows you to flash the EFI option ROM images.
Description
This utility allows you to update the HBA flash memory with the LSI
Logic EFI driver. New versions of these images are released periodically.
Your HBA must have a flash memory to use this utility.
WARNING Do not attempt to use this utility to flash any binaries other than
the EFI option ROM images.
The executable file name of the EFI utility is EFI8XXFL.EFI. This file,
and any firmware image files you need, must be stored on a diskette or
CD-ROM. These files must not be stored on a hard disk, because if the
flash fails, there is no way to recover these files. Moreover, the hard disk
may not be accessible.