How to upgrade HBA and HDD firmware?

[Titania]

I would like to know what are the HP-UX commands and steps to perform an HBA / HDD firmware upgrade.
Thanks in advance,

[Denver Osborn]

It may depend on the HBA and HDD. Are there any detailed specs you can post?

-denver

[Titania]

the result of fcmsultil command is:

fcmsutil /dev/fcd0

Vendor ID is = 0x001077
Device ID is = 0x002312
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x0012c7
PCI Mode = PCI-X 133 MHz
ISP Code version = 3.2.26
ISP Chip version = 3
Topology = PTTOPT_FABRIC
Link Speed = 2Gb
Local N_Port_id is = 0x292c00
Previous N_Port_id is = None
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b00002ad247
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b00002ad246
Switch Port World Wide Name = 0x202c006069e2114a
Switch Node World Wide Name = 0x1000006069e2114a
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 0/0/6/1/0/4/0
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver-Firmware Dump Available = NO
Driver-Firmware Dump Timestamp = N/A
Driver Version = @(#) libfcd.a HP Fibre Channel ISP 23xx Driver B.11.11.03 /ux/kern/kisu/FCD/src/common/wsio/fcd_init.c:Mar 31 2004,12:14:54



I don't know how to obtain diskinfo ?


Please resplay, it's very urgent...
Thanks

[Torsten.]

Try

fcsmutil /dev/fcd0 vpd
diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
(adjust cxtydz as needed).

Why is it urgent? Any problems?

Regarding the disk firmware:
Go to http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html
type the server model and select the firmware bundle.

[Titania]

Hello,

this is a superdome environment, is there any consideration for this?

no, there's no problem but i have to make a plan for HBA's and HDD's upgrade and detail a procedure to perform it.

How can i display a list of all disks that are in use?

Thanks for your reply,

[Torsten.]

Is the system based on PA-RISC or Itanium (run "model")?

Also run the fcmsutil command as suggested.

Post your results.

[Titania]

Hello, thanks for your quick reply,
the result of fcmsutil command is:


fcmsutil /dev/fcd0 vpd
V I T A L P R O D U C T D A T A
--------- ------------- -------

Product Description : "HP 2Gb Fibre Channel FC/GigE-TX Combo Adapter "

Part number : "A9784-60001"

Engineering Date Code : "A-4411"

Part Serial number : "PR1044606P"

Misc. Information : "PW=15W;PCI 66MHZ;PCI-X 133MHZ"

Mfd. Date : "4447"

Check Sum : 0x9b

EFI version : "001.30"

ROM Firmware version : "003.002.168"

Asset Tag : "NA"


#model
9000/800/SD32000

Its a PA-RISC.

Thanks,

[Torsten.]

Do you boot from SAN via the FC HBA's?

[Titania]

Yes Torsten.

I also need to know what is the backup procedure...

[Torsten.]

The most important point is the driver.
You driver is very old:

Driver Version = @(#) libfcd.a HP Fibre Channel ISP 23xx Driver B.11.11.03 /ux/kern/kisu/FCD/src/common/wsio/fcd_init.c:Mar 31 2004,12:14:54

Make sure to update to a current version.

You may consider to upgrade the RISC firmware of the HBAs. You can get it here:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=421119&swItem=ux-36358-2&prodNameId=421118&swEnvOID=54&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=1

You have to use fcmsutil to upgrade.

Regarding the disk:
Perhaps youcan find the firmware while searching for the chassis device on http://www.hp.com/go/support
If not, you can contact HP and let them do the upgrade.

[Titania]

Thanx Torstan, we're going to upgrade driver too.

Could you tell me which are the commands to update the HBA firmware?

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

you should have a look at the ReleaseNotes.txt which contains both Release Notes and installation instructions.

good luck!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

You need to extract the firmware file from the downloaded bundle and run
fcmsutil /dev/fcd0 rom_fw_update /tmp/ql2312fw.bin

A reboot is needed to make this active.

In any case of doubt contact HP support first.

[Titania]

Thank you very much for your information...
How can i make a backup? just in case...

[Torsten.]

Use ignite to backup your OS.
Use a backup software (e.g. fbackup) to backup your data.

[Torsten.]

Please read this also:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

Welcome to the forums - have fun!

[Titania]

Hello,

i ran diskinfo command and this is the result:

diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/c0t8d0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c0t8d0:
vendor: HP 36.4G
product id: MAP3367NC
type: direct access
size: 35566480 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 512
rev level: HPC6
blocks per disk: 71132960
ISO version: 0
ECMA version: 0
ANSI version: 3
removable media: no
response format: 2
(Additional inquiry bytes: (32)53 (33)30 (34)34 (35)37 (36)39 (37)38 (38)39 (39)20 (40)20 (41)20 (42)20 (43)0 (44)0 (45)0 (46)0 (47)0 (48)0 (49)0 (50)0 (51)f (52)0 (53)0 (54)0 (55)0 (56)0 (57)0 (58)0 (59)0 (60)0 (61)0 (62)0 (63)0 (64)0 (65)0 (66)0 (67)0 (68)0 (69)0 (70)0 (71)0 (72)0 (73)0 (74)0 (75)0 (76)0 (77)0 (78)0 (79)0 (80)0 (81)0 (82)0 (83)0 (84)0 (85)0 (86)0 (87)0 (88)0 (89)0 (90)0 )


How can i search for the correct firmware to upgrade?

[Titania]

I submited points to you Torsten... but i can't see them in the thread, can you?

[Torsten.]

Points received - thanks.

You already answered your question earlier in this thread:

fcmsutil /dev/fcd0 vpd
...
ROM Firmware version : "003.002.168

should be another version now.
(Version 3.03.171)

[Titania]

I'm referring to HDD firmware Torsten

[Torsten.]

Sorry, now I get it ;-)


AFAIK the latest for this disk is HPC7 but I'm not aware of a download source (at least for PA-RISC based systems).

Maybe you can find something while searching for the disk chassis, e.g. DS2120:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=443335&swItem=co-48611-1&prodNameId=443337&swEnvOID=54&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0

(not sure what you have).

I would suggest to contact HP support if there are any doubts.

[Titania]

Hello, it's me again :-P

I have a doubt... what if the HBA / HDD upgration is in an NPar?

[Torsten.]

No problem. nPar behaves like a "normal" system.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I always had hardware do the disk drive upgrades. They are trained in it, and I need to do it once every couple of years.

Whats really annoying is when a replacement drive comes in with out of date firmware.

SEP