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EMC QLogic User Manual

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EMC HBA Settings

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Installing and Configuring the HBA Driver

Updating While

Running Windows

To update while running Windows, refer to QLogic SANSurfer
SANBlade Manager
on page A-2.

Stratus ftServers are not supported using the qLogic SANSurfer SANBlade
Manager Software or Agents, and should only be updated using the DOS
boot diskette. Refer to Updating Using a DOS Boot Diskette.

Updating Using a DOS

Boot Diskette

To update using a DOS boot diskette, follow these steps:

The QLogic CD-ROM contains the latest EMC-approved BIOS and NVRAM
settings files at the time of creation of the CD-ROM. If more recent files exist,
you can find them on the QLogic website. Refer to Downloading QLogic
Drivers and Firmware
on page 2-2.

1. Format a 3.5-inch diskette and extract the BIOS and NVRAM files

from the archive file (

.zip

or self-extracting

.exe

) onto the

diskette.

2. Reboot your Windows host system using a DOS diskette.

3. At the

A:\>

prompt, insert the diskette that contains the QLogic

BIOS files (created in step 1).

4. This step depends on what you want to load:

CAUTION

!

Do not attempt to run this procedure from a command prompt
window.

• To load firmware/BIOS and NVRAM settings, type

FLASUTIL.EXE /L /F

and press

ENTER

:

• To load NVRAM settings only, type

FLASUTIL.EXE /L

(or

QL2XUTIL.EXE /L

) and press

ENTER

. (Some BIOS archives

have

QL2XUTIL.EXE

instead of

FLASUTIL.EXE

; both are run

the same.)

Refer to the readme.txt file in the firmware package for complete
instructions on the use of the FLASUTIL.EXE utility

Use the above commands if all NVRAM files are EMC defaults
(QLA23xx =

NVRAM23.dat

, QLA2200 =

NVRAM22.dat

) as included

in the EMC firmware kits. If you have a non-standard NVRAM

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