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5–Fibre Channel Noninteractive Commands
-b (Save or Update the Flash BIOS or FCode)
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If QConvergeConsole CLI is not in silent mode (see
“-s (Silent Mode)” on
page 5-33
), one of the following messages appears to indicate the LED’s current
state:
The LED Flashing for <hba instance> <hba wwpn> has been turned ON
The LED Flashing for <hba instance> <hba wwpn> has been turned OFF
The hba instance and hba wwpn variables must match the command input
parameter.
-b
(Save or Update the Flash BIOS or FCode)
Use the -b command to:
Update the BIOS or FCode from a file (1).
Save the BIOS or FCode to a file (2).
To update the Flash of one or all adapters with new BIOS or FCode, issue the
following command:
# qaucli -pr fc -b (all | <hba instance> | <hba wwpn>) [(<-rg> |
all)] <BIOS/FCode File Name>
Where:
To save the BIOS or FCode to a file, issue the following command:
# qaucli -pr fc -b (<hba instance> | <hba wwpn>) SAVE <BIOS/FCode
File Name>
Where:
all = All adapters of the same type in the system are updated with
the new BIOS/FCode
hba instance = Adapter number (use -g command to find)
hba wwpn = World wide port name
-rg =
Flash region update mode (4GB adapters only
a
)
a
Region update only supported on QLA/QLE/QMC246x adapters.
all = Update all regions (BIOS/FCode/EFI) depending on the Flash
BIOS/FCode File Name
= Name or path of file continuing update BIOS/FCode
hba instance = Adapter number (use -g command to find)
hba wwpn = World wide port name of the adapter
BIOS/FCode File Name
= File name or a path to a file in which to save BIOS/FCode
NOTE:
The option to save the FCode to a file type is not supported for QLE8242.