HP PCIe IO Accelerators for ProLiant Servers - Manual (Page 48)

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To discover old firmware:
1. Find the name of the latest firmware version as noted in the Release Notes.
2. Use the IO Accelerator Management Tool to check each IO Accelerator firmware version against the
latest.
3. For instructions on how to update the firmware, see "Performing the upgrade (on page 48 )."
Viewing the firmware version
The firmware version can be found in the Windows® System Event Log. It is reported by the IO
Accelerator Management Tool and the fio-status command line utility. For more information, see the
"HP IO Accelerator Management Tool (on page 66 )" section or "fio-status (on page 98 )."
Performing the upgrade
CAUTION: Do not turn off the power during a firmware upgrade, because this might cause
device failure. If a UPS is not in place, consider adding one to the system before performing a
firmware upgrade.
NOTE: You might be required to upgrade the IO Accelerator driver if you upgrade the device
firmware. For more information, see the Release Notes.
Upgrading the firmware might take several minutes. The update command displays a progress
bar to indicate the pace of the upgrade. This progress bar might appear to stall at points, but
let the firmware update command complete.
Typically, you use the HP IO Accelerator Management Tool console to perform firmware upgrades. You
can also perform the upgrade using the fio-update-iodrive command line utility.
To upgrade the firmware on the IO Accelerator using fio-update-iodrive:
1. Back up the data on the IO Accelerator prior to any upgrade as a precaution.
2. Open a command prompt and navigate to the C:\Program Files\HP IO
Accelerator\Utils directory.
3. Run the Detach command for your device at the command prompt.
For example:
fio-detach /dev/fct0
detaches the IO Accelerator labeled fct0.
a. Specify the name of the drive you want to detach. Each IO Accelerator is labeled /dev/fct#
where # is its bus number.
b. Use the fio-status command at a command prompt to view this number.
The fio-detach command shows a progress bar and percentage as it completes the operation.
4. Type the following command at the command prompt:
fio-update-iodrive ioaccelerator_.fff -d /dev/fct#
where is the location of the IO Accelerator firmware (the default is C:\Program
Files\HP IO Accelerator\Firmware) and is the numerical version of the driver
(higher is newer.) The -d /dev/fct# option identifies the IO Accelerator to update, where # is its
bus number. Use the fio-status command at a command prompt to view this number.