not getting firmware version..

[Shankar_6]

Hi,

We have HP server connected to XP-512 array.
Below is the fc card details

fc 0 0/4/0/0 td CLAIMED INTERFACE HP Tachyon TL/TS Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter
/dev/td0
fc 1 1/10/0/0 td CLAIMED INTERFACE HP Tachyon TL/TS Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter
/dev/td1

I would like to know the firmware version of HBA..fcmsutil does not show it and there is no vpd option.

swlist -l product|grep -i tachy also doesnot give me any firmware version.

Need help in getting the firmware version.
OS is HPUX 11.00

Regards
Shankar

[Jeeshan]

try with this command

fcmsutil vpd

Example

#fcmsutil /dev/td0 vpd
#fcmsutil /dev/td1 vpd

[Shankar_6]

Hi,

First of all,I apologize for raising this request under wrong section of itrc...Not sure how to move to right section..

Ashan-Thanks for your reply..There is no vpd option with this fcmsutil.

Any other suggestions..?

Regards
Shankar

[Torsten.]

Older cards does not support the vpd.

Anyway, some cards have upgrade-able firmware, some not. In all cases the firmware is only used if the system is booting from this card. It's slightly different for Integrities, because now the EFI driver will come into play - but anyway, the OS driver will "overlay" the built-in firmware when the system is running.

So you need a current driver.

Since 11.00 is out of support since end 2006 you won't get one.

Consider to update the OS.

[Matti_Kurkela]

The Tachyon TL/TS FibreChannel HBAs do not *have* firmware as such. All the firmware functionality is embedded into the PDC firmware of the server (for booting from the FC) and the FibreChannel driver.

To get the FibreChannel Tachyon TL/TS driver version in 11.00, run:
swlist -l fileset FC-TACHYON-TL.

To get the PDC firmware version, run:
echo "selclass qualifier cpu; info; wait; infolog" | cstm | grep PDC

Do you plan to boot your OS from a FC disk? If not, the PDC firmware update might not be important... But as your OS version is 11.00, even the latest PDC firmware for your server model is likely to be very well tested.

And remember that 11.00 is out of support; you should be planning to upgrade the OS if at all possible.

MK

[Shankar_6]

Thanks for all your reply..

I do not want it boot from FC..just want to know the firmware version..and i got an answer now.

Thanks - Shankar