Checking the Firmware Version

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HP OpenVMS Version 8.2-1 for Integrity Servers...

Setting Up and Booting Fibre Channel Storage Devices

Obtaining the IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities

Checking the Firmware Version

Before you can boot on a FC device on OpenVMS I64 systems, the EFI bootable firmware of the flash memory of the FC HBA must be the latest supported revision.

If you have an entry-class Integrity server, you can update the firmware yourself. If you have a cell-based Integrity server, you must contact HP Customer Support to update the firmware for you.

To flash the memory of the FC HBA on an entry-class server, update the EFI driver and RISC firmware to the latest versions available. In addition, update the NVRAM resident in the FLASH ROM on the HBA if necessary to enable the HBA factory default settings.

To update the driver and firmware, use the efiutil.efi utility, which is located on the HP IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD. To locate the utility on the CD, navigate to the \efi\hp\tools\io_cards\fc2p2g directory. The README text file provided in the same location as the utility indicates the currently supported (latest) versions of the RISC firmware and EFI driver. Instructions for obtaining the Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD are included in Obtaining the IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities.

You can determine the versions of the driver and RISC firmware currently in place on your Integrity server in two ways, from the console during system initialization or by using the efiutil utility.

The driver and RISC firmware versions are shown in the booting console message that is displayed during system initialization, as in the following example. The RISC firmware version is indicated in the format n.nn.nnn.
```
HP 2 Port 2Gb Fibre Channel Adapter (driver n.nn, firmware n.nn.nnn) 
```

The driver and RISC firmware versions are also shown in the display of the efiutil info command:

   fs0:\efi\hp\tools\io_cards\fc2p2g\efiutil info

   Fibre Channel Card Efi Utility  n.nn  (11/1/2004)
 
    2 Fibre Channel Adapters found:
 
    Adapter        Path                  WWN           Driver (Firmware)
     A0  Acpi(000222F0,200)/Pci(1|0)  50060B00001CF2DC  n.nn  (n.nn.nnn)
     A1  Acpi(000222F0,200)/Pci(1|1)  50060B00001CF2DE  n.nn  (n.nn.nnn)

Obtaining the IPF Offline Diagnostics and Utilities