FILE NAME: CP015185.scexe TITLE: HP NC-Series QLogic P3P Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux x86 VERSION: 1.0.6 REVISION: 0 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Enterprise and Mainstream Servers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter HP NC523SFP Dual port 10GbE Server Adapter OPERATING SYSTEMS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 1 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 7 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 for x86 PREREQUISITES: hp-qlcnic driver EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/04/2011 SUPERSEDES: CP015642.scexe DESCRIPTION: This scexe contains the utilities and binaries for upgrading Firmware on HP ProLiant QLogic P3P NICs running the Linux x86 platform. ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES: 1) This component now upgrades to firmware v4.8.22 Table of Contents ================= Introduction Packaging Performing the Firmware Upgrade Firmware Upgrade Log Important Information Introduction ============ This file describes the firmware upgrade of the HP Gigabit Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section of this document. User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information can be found at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-nic.html Packaging ========= The firmware upgrade utility is released in scexe format. The file is a single self-extracting executable that unpacks the component, runs it, and cleans up the component. This one-step process replaces the rpm format which would require three steps to install, execute, and remove. Performing the Firmware Upgrade =============================== 1. The utility requires qlcnic rpm installed and the module loaded. The module can be loaded by executing the below command. To install the rpm please refer the text file released with qlcnic rpm. # modprobe qlcnic 2. The firmware can be upgraded interactively using the following command: #./CP00xxxx.scexe 3. Check the help menu for more information regarding command line options. #./CP00xxxx.scexe -h Firmware Upgrade Log ==================== The results of the firmware upgrade are wriiten to the qlflash.log which will be saved in the current working directory. Important Information ====================== 1) The qlcnic driver uses host-based firmware load. When the user loads the driver the host-based firmware image in the driver will be the version that is displayed when checking the firmware version using ethtool. The burned-in firmware on the device as well as the host-based firmware version can be verified by checking dmesg for entries similiar to the following: qlcnic 0000:06:00.0: firmware v4.7.44 2) On NC523SFP etc that have only one eeprom on the chip and thus share the fimware among all the ports, update is done only once. However other commands like show current ports treat the ports independently. This greately improves the performance of the tool. Thus please expect not to see all the ports that were displayed during -c invocation during the actual firmare update process. Copyright 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies