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Upgrading the firmware of an Emulex FC HBA on VMware ESXi

 


A method for upgrading the Emulex FC HBA firmware


 

Preparation

Download Elxflash Standalone Utility for ESXi

Download Firmware file lancer_A11.4.204.20.grp

Elxflash Standalone

Masuk ke folder elxflash standalone yang sudah di unzip. Didalmnya ada 3 folder boot esxi dan firmware

# /tmp/elxflashStandalone-esxi-11.4.142.18-3 # ls -l

total 768

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Dec 12 13:07 boot

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Dec 14 16:55 esxi

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Dec 13 15:11 firmware

Put in Firmware file to firmware folder

Lalu masuk ke folder firmware dan simpan file firmware *.grp ke dalam folder tersebut

# cd /tmp/elxflashStandalone-esxi-11.4.142.18-3/ firmware

lancer_A11.4.204.20.grp

 

kembali ke folder esxi yang di dalamnya ada file elxflash.sh, linlpcfg.sh dan folder i386

# cd /tmp/elxflashStandalone-esxi-11.4.142.18-3/esxi

elxflash.sh

i386

linlpcfg.sh

change attribute or permission file

Rubah permission ke write read and execute dengan command chmod lalu jalankan command ./elxflash.sh /q untuk melihat firmweare existing

# chmod +x elxflash.sh

# ./elxflash.sh /q

HBA=LPe16000, Port Type=FC, WWN=10:00:00:90:FA:1C:C7:F4, PCI ID=E200, VID=10DF, SSID=E205, SVID=10DF, Firmware=11.4.142.23, Boot Code=11.4.142.23, Boot Enabled=1

 

elxflash: All required queries succeeded - Return Code=0

Upgrade or Downgrade prosses

Di tahap ini adalah eksekusi untuk proses upgrade atau downgrade firmwarenya, jalankan command di bawah ini

# ./elxflash.sh /auto /update (if Upgrade)

# ./elxflash.sh /auto /downgrade (if downgrade)

Output proses upgrade berhasil

Tue Dec 12 14:26:39 2017

HBA=LPe16000, Port Type=FC, WWN=10:00:00:90:FA:1C:C7:F4,

Update=Firmware, Image=lancer_A11.4.204.20.grp, New=11.4.204.20, Old=11.4.142.23, Status=Success

 

elxflash: All required updates succeeded - Return Code=0

Check and reboot

lakukan pengecekan kembali untuk firmware yang sudah di apply ke hba

# ./elxflash.sh /q

 

HBA=LPe16000, Port Type=FC, WWN=10:00:00:90:FA:1C:C7:F4, PCI ID=E200, VID=10DF, SSID=E205, SVID=10DF, Firmware=11.4.204.20, Boot Code=11.4.204.20, Boot Enabled=1

 

elxflash: All required queries succeeded - Return Code=0

 

Restart host

#reboot

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