Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1301)

OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter Version 10.2 User Manual P010089-01A Rev. A
7. Updating Firmware
Updating Firmware on Adapters in a Host
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Updating Firmware for an Adapter
To update firmware for an FC port:
1. Select a host in the vSphere console tree-view and select the Emulex OneCommand
tab.
2. In the Emulex Device Management tree-view, select the adapter for which you
want to update firmware.
3. Select the Maintenance tab and click Update Firmware. If a warning screen
appears, click Yes. The Firmware Download dialog box appears.
Figure 7-8 Firmware Download dialog box
4. Click Browse and navigate to the unzipped, extracted image file you want to
download.
5. On the browse window, select the file and click OK. The Firmware Download
dialog box appears.
6. Click Start Update. A message prompting you to confirm the firmware update
appears.
7. Click Yes. When the update begins, the Jobs window is displayed (Figure 7-9). A
status message in the Active Job list shows the progress of the download. The ports
on which the firmware is being downloaded have the status “Job is in progress”,
the others have “Waiting in queue to start”. When download is completed, the
entry moves to the Completed Jobs window. The status message field in the
Completed Jobs window shows the status of the completed job.
Notes:
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If you start a firmware update and log out from the vSphere console before
the firmware update is completed, all pending jobs fail.