Flashing With The Afu Utility - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr Installation Manual

Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide

Flashing with the AFU Utility

To flash the firmware using the AFU utility, follow these steps:
1
Shut down your system.
2
Insert the bootable diskette that contains the AFU utility.
3
Power on the system.
If the system has not been set up to boot from the diskette,
please read your manufacturer's instructions on how to set this
up.
Note: The following steps explain how to use the AFU
utility from the command line. The AFU utility also
supports a graphical interface, which you can access
by typing afu with no arguments at the initial AFU
command prompt.
The graphical interface allows you to Select
Controllers and then Update, Save, and Verify the
flash image, as well as Display flash information.
If you elect to use the AFU graphical interface to flash
your firmware, select the controller(s) to be flashed
from the Select Controller(s) menu, and then from the
Select an Operation menu, Update, Save, and Verify
the flash image, following the on-screen instructions.
4
At the DOS prompt, type the following command and press
<Enter>:
\> afu list
This command displays a list of the controllers in your system.
Take note of the controller(s) you would like to update and its
number (or numbers if there are more than one). Verify that the
controller you wish to update is identified.
5
If you want to flash the firmware on one controller, go to
step a. If you want to flash the firmware on more than one
controller, go to step b. If you want to flash the firmware on all
controllers, go to step c.
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