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HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

 
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Aco Blazeski
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HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

Hello,

We are planning migration of Alpha servers from one to another storage, and storage vendor requires upgrade of driver and firmware of HBAs.
Required versions are: driver 2.14 / firmware 3.92A2.
Now, the question is: from hp site only fw can be downloaded (what we actually did), but even after upgrading with last fw (3.93A0), driver version stays 2.11, so the requirement is not reached. How can I upgrade driver from 2.11 to 2.14 ??
As I now, and as far as I'm administering Tru64, I have never installed driver for HBA, since Tru64 has its own drivers. Am I right ??

You comments will be appreciated !
Thanks
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Rob Leadbeater
Honored Contributor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

Hi,

The HBA drivers are normally built into the OS itself. To upgrade the drivers to the latest version, the normal approach would be to install the latest patch kit for Tru64.

Cheers,
Rob


Vladimir Fabecic
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Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

You did not say what is your OS version. For 5.1B it is included in PK5.
If do not want to upgrade to latest patch kit, you can see this page:
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/unix/erp/BU040416_EW01.html
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Aco Blazeski
Regular Advisor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

Hi guys,

Thanks for fast response !!
Forgot to mention:

The server I was talking about was
Tru64 5.1A with the LATEST PK6.

But also, Vladimir, I have 5.1 (just 5.1) which should be with drv. 2.14 (current is 2.02), and there is no 5.1 on the link that you've posted.
Rob Leadbeater
Honored Contributor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

5.1 is no longer supported, so I doubt you'll be able to get the 2.14 driver for it...

See here for the support status of everything pre 5.1B

http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/11810-0-0-225-121.aspx

Cheers,
Rob
Aco Blazeski
Regular Advisor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

Hmmm, storage vendor says that there is 2.14 for 5.1 (found in its compatibility matrix)...
Vladimir Fabecic
Honored Contributor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

I think Rob is right. 5.1 is no longer supported and no driver updates fot that version. So you will have to do OS upgrade.
Is there a special reason for version to be 5.1?
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Vladimir Fabecic
Honored Contributor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

If storage vendor said so, you should ask it from HP. Did not found it for public download.
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Aco Blazeski
Regular Advisor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

I was just searching in the patch DB on hp, can;t found it for 5.1.

No chance to do upgrade of 5.1 to 5.1A/B because it is business critiical server, and the applications running on it require strictly 5.1 !
Rob Leadbeater
Honored Contributor

Re: HBA (FCA 2354) driver & firmware upgrade ??

But surely if its a business critical server then it should be running a supported operating system....

I guess you may need to start talking to your application vendor.

Cheers,
Rob