From: Sheets, Jerald (JSHeets@OLOLRMC.COM)
Date: Fri Dec 27 2002 - 15:40:52 EST
Well, first of all, do you have invscout installed? It should be on your OS
disks, and if there are updates, you can usually get them from IBM or update
CD's. Run invscout.
He creates a file called /var/adm/invscout/`uname -a |awk {'print $2'}`.mup
GO to this website:
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.invscoutMDS?filename=upload.h
tml
and upload the mup file. You will be returned a complete listing of all
your hardware, microcode levels, links to download info, and the like.
Jerald M. Sheets
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
225-765-8734
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Bramblett [mailto:bramblet@FULLER.COM]
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 1:54 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: update microcode on hdisk0 - AIX 4.3.3
Jerald,
This isn't exactly a relpy but on the same issue. Where do I find the
current Microcode and / or firmware for my disks and controllers.
How do I check what firmware level I am on??
The CE is coming I just want to know what is going on.
Thanks.
"Sheets, Jerald" wrote:
> 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 ----------------------------------------------
> 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]
> 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.
-- Ron Bramblett Sys Admin Fuller Brush Company
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Wed Apr 09 2008 - 22:16:26 EDT