How to upgrade downgrade EFI driver and firmware for fiber channel storage cards on IA server ( Draf.docVIP

How to upgrade / downgrade EFI driver and firmware for fiber channel storage cards on IA server ( Draft 1 ) Version Author Date Audit Date Draft 1 Yiming 2009-02-01 1. Prepare before upgrade / downgrade EFI driver and firmware Download the EFI driver and firmware Upload the EFI driver and firmware to server which you want to upgrade / downgrade, the upload file should be put at /boot/efi/, because this directory is the mapping for the EFI partition Reboot the server and pause the boot process at EFI boot manager Select the EFI shell line to go to the EFI shell on EFI boot manager Go to the fsX: where your OS was installed on For example Shell fs0: Enter the dir where you upload your firmware files in. The directory path in EFI shell equal to the directory under “/boot/efi” in OS For example “/boot/efi/ForDoc” in OS equal “fs0:\ ForDoc” Fs0:\ cd ForDoc 2. Upgrade / downgrade EFI driver and firmware for Qlogic FC cards Qlogic FC cards will upgrade / downgrade EFI driver and firmware together through run a script from EFI shell. Go to the directory where you have uploaded the firmware for Qlogic FC card. The directory include a lot of files. You only focus two files. The “efiutil.efi” file is a tool which you can use it to review firmware version and FC cards for Qlogic information, and the “update.nsh” file is used to upgrade firmware for Qlogic Run “efiutil.efi” tool and check the firmware version currently For example Fs0:\ efiutil vpd_display all Run “update.nsh” tool and the firmware and boot code ( EFI driver ) will be upgraded automation For example Fs0:\ update.nsh Wait the upgrade process finish You need do a power cycle after the upgrade process finish For example Fs0:\ reset Wait the server reboot. Break the boot process when EFI boot manager appear and reenter the EFI shell Run “efiutil.efi” tool to verify that the upgrade is success 3. Upgrade / downgrade EFI driver and firmware for Emulex FC cards Emulex wi