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com/NOW/download/tools/serviceimage/30801787/

Downloading the BIOS/Diagnostics/Flash Cache

To download the BIOS/Diagnostics/Flash Cache files to your storage controller from the NetApp NOW Web
site, complete the following steps.

Step Action
1 Click on 30801787.zip to download the file from this NOW site to your Web server and save the file
as 30801787.zip.
2
At the storage controller console, enter the following command and path to download the latest
service image:
appliance_name> software install http://web_server_name/path/30801787.zip

web_server_name is the name of the Web server on a network accessible to your storage controller.

You will get the following system messages:

software: copying to 30801787.zip
software: 100% file read from location.
software: /etc/software/30801787.zip has been copied.
software: installing software, this could take a few minutes...

Installing the BIOS/Diagnostics/Flash Cache service image

To install the BIOS/Diagnostics/Flash Cache service image on your storage controller, complete the following
steps.

Step Action
1
At the storage controller console, enter the following command to determine the BIOS and
Diagnostics versions on the CompactFlash:
version -b

Make a note of the BIOS and Diagnostics versions from the resulting output.

2
If Flash Cache is installed on this storage controller, enter the following command at the storage
controller console to determine the Data ONTAP version:
version

Make a note of the Data ONTAP version from the resulting output.

3
At the storage controller console, enter the following command to determine the BIOS version on the
storage controller and to determine if Flash Cache is installed on the storage controller:
sysconfig -a

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sysconfig -a

Make a note of the BIOS version from the resulting output.

If Flash Cache is installed on the storage controller, you will view the following:
slot n: Flash Cache SIZE

where SIZE could be 256 GB or 512 GB.

4 At the storage controller console, enter the following command:

priv set advanced

5 At the storage controller console, enter the following command to copy the executables to the boot
blocks of the storage controller's CompactFlash:
download -d

Result: The download -d command provides an acknowledgment similar to the following when
copying is finished, and then the storage controller prompt appears again:
...................................................................
..................................done
[download.requestDone:notice]: Operator requested download completed

Note: The copying process can take a few minutes.

6
Verify that you have the right version of BIOS on the CompactFlash card by entering the following
command at the Data ONTAP prompt:

version -b

Result: The output for firmware states BIOS 1.9.0.

7
If the BIOS version in
Then...
step 3 is...

You have the current firmware.

If Flash Cache is installed on this storage controller, halt the storage

1.9 controller by entering the command halt, and go to step 12.

If Flash Cache is not installed on this storage controller, you do not need
to proceed any further.
1.6, 1.7, or 1.8 Go to Step 8.
1.5 or earlier Go to Step 9.
8 At the storage controller console, enter the following command to reboot the storage controller:
reboot

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reboot

Result: The new BIOS firmware and Flash Cache firmware will automatically be upgraded when the
storage controller reboots. The storage controller will return to Data ONTAP prompt after reboot.

9 At the storage controller console, enter the following command to shut down the storage controller:
halt

Result: The LOADER prompt appears after initialization is complete.

10 Enter the following command:

update_flash

The Updater program

Checks for a proper image

If the image is valid, writes the flash

When the firmware finishes writing, it ends with the LOADER prompt.

11 Enter the following command to reboot the storage controller with the new BIOS:
bye

If Flash Cache is installed on this storage controller, go to step 12. If Flash Cache is not installed on
this storage controller, you do not need to proceed further.

12
If the Data ONTAP
Then...
version in step 2 is...

At the boot environment prompt, boot the Data ONTAP by entering the
following command:
7.3.5 or later...
boot_ontap

Flash Cache firmware is upgraded automatically.

7.3.4 or earlier... Go to Step 13.

13 At the boot environment prompt, enter the following command to boot the diagnostics:
LOADER>boot_diags

The storage controller boots to the diagnostics main menu.

14 At the diagnostics main menu, enter the following command to enter the extended privilege mode:
xtnd yes

The extended privilege mode is enabled.

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The extended privilege mode is enabled.

15 At the diagnostics main menu, enter the following command to enter the Flash Cache submenu:
fcache

The Flash Cache submenu is displayed.

16 In the Flash Cache submenu, enter the following to update the FPGA:
61

The FPGA is updated.

17a) Enter the following to exit the Flash Cache submenu:

99

17b) Enter the following command to exit the diagnostics main menu and return to the bootloader:
exit

Part number: 215-05796_A0

Feb 2011

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