Firmwareupdate.txt February 27, 2002 Version 2.6.0 A Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch will come with the firmware preloaded in it. In most cases there is no need to update the firmware on a new Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch. See the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch Fabric Operating System Management Guide or the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch QuickLoop Guide to determine how to read the version of the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch Firmware that is currently loaded in your Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch. Version 2.6.0 of the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch CD contains Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch version 2.6.0 firmware. This firmware is for: Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 16 EL Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 8 EL Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 8 Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switch 16 Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Remote SAN Switch 8 Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Remote SAN Switch 16 New functionality is added with whole number changes, fixes are fractions and small letters after the fraction determine the final release. Do not load this firmware onto older Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Switches. In the event that an upgrade to the firmware of a Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch is needed from the latest version of the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch CD, use one of the three procedures (NT Intel, NTAlpha, Tru64) below: To load the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Firmware on an Compaq Alpha System running NT skip to Loading Firmware from a Compaq Alpha NT machine. To load the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Firmware on Compaq Tru64 running on an Alpha skip to Loading Firmware from Compaq Tru64. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To load the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Firmware from a Compaq PC running NT (NTIntel): Copy the files Rshd.exe and Cat.exe from D:\DSGGB\Firmware\NTIntel\Rshd.exe and D:\DSGGB\Firmware\NTIntel\Cat.exe and D:\DSGGB\Firmware\NTIntel\v2.6.0 to the top directory C:\ Where D:\ is the drive letter for the CD and C:\ is the root directory for your system and v2.6.0 is the latest version of the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Switch Firmware. Double click on Rshd.exe in the root directory C:\. Rshd will run in a seperate window. Leave Rsh running. RSH is a small server program that allows the switch to request the firmware from the host (PC) over the Ethernet. Place the cursor over the Start button and press the left mouse button Select RUN. Type in Telnet. Select Connect and a menu will open. Select Remote System. A text box will show up. In the box labled Host Name: Type in XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP address of the Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch that you want to download. Connect to the switch and login as: admin password: password Then type: firmwareDownload "192.168.60.200", "administrator","v2.6.0" The 192.168.60.200 above must be replaced with the IP address of your host computer (PC). You may have to change the v2.6.0 to what ever the current Firmware file is called. If you are logged into an NT system under an account other than administrator you will have to modify "administrator" to the account you are using to run Rshd.exe which must also be run from the directory that contains Cat.exe If all goes well you will get somthing like: 56656+2312+128404, csum 3ec7 loading to ram ............... writing flash 0 ............... download complete switch:admin> You can then click on the RSHD window and type Control C or select File and Exit to stop Rshd from running. Select the telnet window and type reboot which will cause the switch to reboot and copy the flash into the ram and come up running the latest Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch Firmware. Loading from a PC is complete. ERRORS: The download may fail for many reasons: - the host name is not know to the switch; - the host IP address can't be contacted; - the user doesn't have permission on the host; - the user runs a script that prints something at login; - the file doesn't exist on the host; - the file is not a switch firmware file; - the file is corrupted; - the RSHD or FTP server isn't running on the host. - the network has excessive collisions or broadcast messages (try downloading with a crossover cable connected directly to a PC.) ----------------------------------------------------------- Loading Firmware from an Alpha NT machine: To load the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Firmware from an ALPHA NT machine Copy the files Rshd.exe and Cat.exe from D:\DSGGB\Firmware\NTAlpha\Rshd.exe and D:\DSGGB\Firmware\NTAlpha\Cat.exe and the firmware file D:\DSGGB\firmware\NTAlpha\v2.6.0 onto the top root directory C:\ Where D:\ is the drive letter for the CD and C:\ is the root directory for your system. Double click on Rshd.exe. Rshd will just run in the background. Leave Rsh running. RSH is a small server program that allows the switch to request the firmware from the host over the Ethernet. Run telnet to connect to the switch and login as: admin password: password Then type: firmwareDownload "192.168.60.200", "administrator","2.6.0" The 192.168.60.200 above must be replaced with the IP address of your Alpha host computer. You may have to change the v2.6.0 to what ever the current Firmware file is called. If you are logged into an NT system under an account other than administrator you will have to modify "administrator" to the account you are using to run Rshd.exe which must also be run from the directory that contains Cat. If all goes well you will see in the telnet screen something like: 56656+2312+128404, csum 3ec7 loading to ram ............... writing flash 0 ............... download complete switch:admin> Click on the RSHD window and type Control C or select File and Exit to stop Rshd from running. Select the telnet window and type reboot to cause the switch to reboot and copy the flash into the ram and come up running the latest Compaq StorageWorks Switch Firmware. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loading Firmware from Compaq Tru64 (UNIX) The first step in downloading the firmware from a Compaq Tru64 (UNIX) machine is to copy it from the Compaq StorageWorks CD as follows: mount -t cdfs -r /dev/rz5c /mnt Where rz5c is the device name of the cd-rom cd mnt This will change to the CD directory. cp dsggb/Firmware/v2.6.0 /tmp/v2.6.0 The Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Switch uses remote shell capabilities of unix to log in to the Compaq TRu64 host on which the f/w image resides and copy the image over to the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Switch. As such, the user (mary) and Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Switch host (IP address) must be in the .rhosts file of the Compaq Tru64 host to allow login without password. The basic steps are: a) telnet to the switch telnet user: admin pswd: Note: You can substitute the IP address of the switch for . b) instruct the switch to copy over and download the firmware image :admin> firmwareDownload "16.140.32.60", "mary", "/tmp/V2.6.0" where: ":admin>" is the prompt that the switch presents 16.140.32.60 is the ip address of the host w/ the image mary is the user to rsh under /tmp/V2.6.0 is the f/w image to be loaded into the Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel Switch flash rom. Note: the quotes are very important in the command line above. Note: "rsh" w/o a password must be enabled for the user that rsh is executing under (e.g. add the switch ip name to ~/.rhosts). The format of .rhosts is: hostname [ user ] c) instruct the switch to reboot on the new firmware image :admin> reboot