
64 Performing Administrative Tasks
4 Select Load to continue with the load.
Updating Firmware
The Update Firmware command can only be used on appliances. To update firmware on a device attached
to an appliance, go to Managing a Device
on page 72.
1 Stop all I/O to the appliance. For instructions, refer to the Hardware User Guide for the appliance.
2 Log on as SAN administrator, portal administrator, or power user.
3 Right-click an appliance in the navigation panel or the graphical panel.
4 With the appliance selected, select Update Firmware.
A file browser is displayed.
5 If the firmware file you want is not in the default folder, navigate to the correct folder.
6 Select the file you want to load.
7 Select the Open button.
A warning is displayed.
8 Select Yes to proceed.
The firmware takes a few minutes to upload. A message posts to the Status/Message Area when the
firmware upload is complete. You are prompted to restart the appliance.
9Restart the appliance. Refer to Using Restart
on page 64.
Using Restart
Use the Restart command after updating firmware, or making changes to the device map, channel zoning,
SFM, or VPS configurations.
1 Stop all I/O to the appliance. For instructions, refer to the Hardware User Guide for the appliance.
2 Log on as SAN administrator, portal administrator, or power user.
3 Right-click an appliance in the navigation panel or the graphical panel.
4 Select Restart.
A warning is displayed.
5 Select Yes to continue.
Note
To update firmware on any component of an i-platform library, refer to the
documentation for those systems.
Note
Basic users are not authorized to upload firmware. If the portal administrator or
power user have access to a portal with only partial access to the appliance for
which firmware is to be uploaded, only the SAN administrator can upload
firmware.
Note
Basic users are not authorized to restart an appliance. If the portal
administrator or power user have access to a portal with only partial access to
the appliance that is to be restarted, only the SAN administrator can restart the
appliance.
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