We've always just mounted the ISO and extracted the relevant files (i.e. firmware image to flash via ILOM GUI/CLI). I think the ISO also contains READMEs.
William Yang > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:storage-discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale Ghent > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:52 AM > To: Jason J. W. Williams > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] X4540 Disconnects on OpenSolaris > > On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > We're looking at replacing our X4500s with the newer X4540s. Do folks > > who have X4540s see the connect/disconnect issue that plagues the > > Marvell chipset/driver combo on the X4500? Since the X4540 is a LSI > > chipset I hope not, but would appreciate anyone's experience. Thank > > you in advance. > > I have not. The 1068E chip and mpt driver appear to be doing their job. > > However, just one note of caution regarding the x4540... there was a > recent ILOM/BIOS update released for it which includes actual LSI MPT- > Fusion BIOS and firmware image files (not that stinking bootable ISO > crap that you get with the rest of the Galaxy line), yet no > instructions on how to apply these two files. > > I knew raidctl could probably do it, so I gave it a try. I applied > the .fw file to each of the 6 controllers, then applied the bios file > to the same. After a reboot, the MPT BIOS init screen complained of a > bad BIOS and demanded that you hit F1 to continue. I curled my toes > and did so, and eventually after a second reboot, everything seemed > kosher. > > My one big complaint (out of two - the other is that ILOM email alerts > are broken) is how Sun packages the LSI MPT-Fusion updates on a > bootable ISO only... with no way of applying them from the OS (using > raidctl for example.) And when they do give you the actual ROM images, > no instructions or reassurance on the correct way to apply them. > > /dale > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
