Monday, May 13, 2013

How to upgrade the adapter's firmware level in aix?


Firmware upgrade for adapter in aix?

1. List the fibre channel adapters installed in the system 

lsdev -C | grep fcsX  where fcsX is the adapter you on which you want to install the microcode


2. Determine the current microcode level on the adapter 

lsmcode -d fcsX 


3. Download the Microcode RPM Package and put it into the temporary directory and Unpacking it using the below command.

rpm -ivh --ignoreos <rpm_package>   (If the microcode package unpacks successfully, the microcode file will be added to the /etc/micrococde directory)


4. Update the adapter's microcode level

"diag -d fcsX -T download" 


5. Confirm the current microcode level.

lsmcode -d fcsX