topic Re: find the smart-array firmware version in Operating System - Linux

find the smart-array firmware version

Wood_2 — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:01:44 GMT

Hello,

I would like to know, how find the bios/firmware revision of smart array card with a linux command line.

for Smart Array 5i and Smart Array 64xx.

I hope this is the same way, to find the revision.

Thank you for your help

Re: find the smart-array firmware version

Matti_Kurkela — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:54:42 GMT

If you have installed the "hpacucli" driver package, you can use the hpacucli command.

First, run "hpacucli ctrl all show" to see the slot identifier(s) for the controller(s).

Then, run "hpacucli ctrl slot= show" to see information about the specified controller. The firmware version number should be in there.

I found "hpacucli" to be a bit cumbersome to use, so I created two scripts to make it easier. You'll find them attached as a .ZIP file.

The first script, "hwraidstatus" just does a "hpacucli ... show status" to each controller and all their logical and physical drives. It should be useful as a quick check or as a starting point for integrating the RAID status check into an automated monitoring system.

The second script, "hwraidinfo" runs a "hpacucli ... show" to each controller and all their devices, filtering out the excess blank lines. This script might be useful to you.

Re: find the smart-array firmware version

Franklin Abud — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:39:26 GMT

on top of my head, I can't remember a Vanilla Linux command that can check the bios/firmware version of your system e.g. Smart Array Card, BIOS etc..etcc...

However, you can use an addition rpm like "survey" in the URL below to find out the version of your system firmware.

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/16241.html

Steps:
1. Download the survey rpm.
2. Install using the command rpm -Uvh survey-*.rpm
3. Generate a report using:
survey
4. The report will be generated in /var/compaq/survey

Other tools and utilities exist out there.

Have a nice day.

frank

Re: find the smart-array firmware version

Wood_2 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:09:48 GMT

Thank you for the survey,

That works fine