Справочник Пользователя для IBM DS4000 FC

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Important:

1.

Because

there

are

two

NVRAM

setting

areas

per

dual

port

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Adapter

(one

NVRAM

setting

area

for

each

port),

you

must

select

each

of

the

ports

separately

and

perform

the

NVRAM

update

for

each

port,

provided

you

want

to

update

the

NVRAM

settings

on

both

ports.

2.

Updating

the

NVRAM

firmware

resets

all

of

the

NVRAM

settings

to

the

default.

After

updating

the

NVRAM

firmware,

you

must

reenter

all

custom

configuration

settings

required

for

your

specific

operating

system.

Updating

the

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Adapter

BIOS

code

using

the

Support

CD

or

a

BIOS

Update

Utility

diskette

You

can

also

update

the

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Adapter

BIOS

code

using

the

Support

CD

that

is

shipped

with

the

adapter,

or

you

can

create

a

BIOS

Update

Utility

diskette

from

the

Support

CD

(see

the

section).

Whether

you

want

to

use

the

Support

CD

or

the

BIOS

Update

Utility

diskette,

just

follow

the

instructions

in

the

common

sections,

or

Some

of

the

steps

in

the

common

sections

will

be

designated

for

using

either

the

CD

or

the

diskette

and

will

be

appropriately

labeled

CD

or

Diskette.

To

update

the

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Adapter

BIOS

code

and

NVRAM

using

the

BIOS

Update

Utility

on

the

Support

CD,

choose

one

of

the

following

methods:

v

flasutil

command

prompt.

Use

this

method

to

type

in

command-line

options.

v

flasutil

BIOS

Update

Utility

menu.

Use

this

method

to

select

a

command-line

option

from

the

menu.

Using

the

flasutil

command

prompt

Complete

the

following

steps

to

update

your

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Adapter

BIOS

code

and

NVRAM,

using

the

flasutil

command

prompt.

1.

CD:

Insert

the

IBM

System

Storage

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Host

Bus

Adapter

Support

CD

into

the

CD-ROM

drive.

Restart

the

server.

Your

server

starts

to

a

DOS

prompt.

Diskette:

Insert

the

BIOS

Update

Utility

diskette

that

you

created

into

the

diskette

drive

and

restart

the

server.

Your

server

starts

to

a

DOS

prompt.

2.

To

update

the

BIOS

code

in

the

flash

utility,

do

the

following:

From

the

DOS

prompt,

type:

flasutil

/i

/FB

xxxx

/o

BiosFirmwarefile.bin

where

BiosFirmwarefile.bin

is

the

name

of

the

BIOS

firmware

file

(if

the

BIOS

firmware

file

name

is

omitted,

flasutil

will

look

for

a

firmware

file

named,

ql24rom.bin),

and

xxxx

is

the

adapter

address.

If

xxxx

is

omitted,

then

the

program

will

attempt

to

flash

all

of

the

adapters

in

the

host

with

this

firmware

file.

Press

″Enter.″

Caution:

If

the

/FB

option

is

not

specified

when

attempting

to

flash

the

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Adapter

BIOS,

the

BIOS

image

will

not

be

correctly

flashed

into

the

adapter’s

BIOS

area.

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IBM

System

Storage

DS4000

FC

4Gbps

PCI-X

Single/Dual

Port

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