From: Sheets, Jerald (JSHeets@OLOLRMC.COM)
Date: Fri Dec 27 2002 - 14:11:20 EST
Are you booting from Diagnostics 4.3.3 (Same as OS level)?
Are you booting from the diagnostics CD instead of the OS CD?
Just suggestions... Let me know what happens. Here's the instructions
below...
Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, LA
(225) 765-8734
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SCSI Hard Disk Drive Microcode Download Procedure
Warning: Do not power off the system or the drive during microcode download
as this may permanently damage the disk drive
Caution: The microcode download process is nondestructive to the hard disks;
however, as a precaution, ensure that a backup operation has been performed
on the affected systems PRIOR to the microcode installation.
Can microcode be installed Concurrently?
If the disk is part of rootvg, microcode download can ONLY be performed in
service mode using diagnostics CD. If disk is not part of rootvg, microcode
download can be performed cuncurrently as long as drive is not in use.
Is system reboot needed to activate the microcode: Yes
Installation Time: Approximately 30 minutes CE Time; Approximately 15
minutes System Time
Procedure:
1. Properly shutdown the system.
2. Boot up the system in SERVICE mode with the CDROM diagnostics(Use
diagnostics level 4.21 or above; It is recommended to use the same level of
Diagnostic CD as the AIX ).
3. Select the "Task Selection" from diagnostics menu.
4. Select "Microcode Download" from "Task Selection" menu.
5. Select hard disk drive (disk) that needs to be updated from the list of
devices.
6. Select "diskette" as the Input device, Select "latest" as the Microcode
level to download, Select "YES" to the question whether to download
microcode even if present level is missing on the media (the diskette does
not have the level that is loaded on the disk).
NOTE: A prompt will ask you to insert the microcode diskette into the floppy
drive. Insert the diskette which accompanies these instructions. If this
level is already installed in the drive you've selected a message will let
you know. A message will also come up because the diskette does not have the
previous level microcode on the diskette. This is true and is not required
to complete the download. Hit enter to continue.
7- The following microcode files are included in the diskette:
-----Original Message-----
From: Cooper, Keith [mailto:kcooper@SELFREGIONAL.ORG
<mailto:kcooper@SELFREGIONAL.ORG> ]
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 12:22 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: update microcode on hdisk0 - AIX 4.3.3
I am running AIX 4.3.3 and have downloaded the
Latest microcode updates for my hdisks.
I have rebooted the system via cd-rom and tried to
Apply the microcode updates, but it seems the
Hdisk are already mounted.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Keith C.
Keith Cooper
Unix Administrator
Self Regional Healthcare
Greenwood, SC USA
IBM AIX System Admin 4.3/System User, A+, Linux+,
Network+, I-Net+ Certified, Compaq APS Certified - Notebooks &
Desktop/Workstations.
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