Disk firmware update

[John Olcott]

I'm trying to update the firmware for A3714A disks in a 12H disk array. I found the firmware patch (pf_dseach3hp04) & tried to update the disks but got an error after it shutdown the array. I've been told by my software support people that there is no firmware update for individual disks in an array. I was able to update the controller array firmware. Thanks

[Geno Church_1]

John,

That is an incorrect statement...There are firmware updates for individual disks within the 12H array.

Geno

[John Olcott]

Do you where they are? Thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Nonsense, you can update individual disks in a 12H. In fact, you would have to able to do this because you could have several different disk models within the same AutoRAID. Note that the download utility has a -D option just for this. Man download for details.

[Geno Church_1]

What type (model/part number) are the disks that you are using and I can tell you what the most current firmware is.

Geno

[John Olcott]

A3714A disks. Latest firmware is HP04. I downloaded the patch but when I tried downloading the firmware to the disk with -d option I got a scsi error.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Here you go:
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?BC=patch.breadcrumb.main|patch.breadcrumb.search|&patchid=PF_DSEACH3HP04&context=firmware:disk

You gunzip and untar this and then use the download command on the untar'ed firmware file.