HP 8.20q Fibre Channel Switch - Manual (Page 78)

78 Managing HBAs
Updating an HBA driver
SAN Connection Manager provides an easy way to update both Windows and Linux drivers for HP
Q-Logic-based FC HBAs within your SAN. Before you begin, visit the HP website to download the latest
driver file. (SAN Connection Manager may have prompted you to download a driver file if it detected an
out-of-date file when you started the application.)
NOTE: This feature is not supported with Emulex based HBAs.
To update an HBA driver:
1. To access the HBA Driver Update wizard, choose one of the following options:
• On the Adapter & Switch Management menu, click Update HBA Driver.
• In the content pane’s Physical Connection or LUN Assignment map, right-click the server icon. Then
on the shortcut menu, click Update HBA Driver to select that specific server to update the HBA driver.
The HBA Driver Update wizard opens.
2. If a specific server is selected, click Next to go to step 3 .
If no specific server is selected, in the Available Server(s) list, select the server for which you want to
update the HBA driver:
• Select a server on the Available Server(s) list, and then click Add. This updates the driver of the
HBAs installed on this server.
• To add all of the listed servers, click Add All. This updates the driver of the HBAs installed on all
servers.
NOTE: If you select and add a server by mistake, select that server on the Selected Server(s) list,
and then click Remove. To clear the Selected Server(s) list and start the selection process again,
click Remove All.
3. Click Next. (Next is disabled until you select at least one server and add it to the Selected Server(s) list.)
4. In the List of HBAs to update driver, select the HBA you want to update, and then click Select HBA Driver
File.
5. Navigate to the folder containing either the Windows .exe file, or the Linux .gz, .rpm, .tar,
or .tgz file for the selected HBA.
6. Select the appropriate driver file, and then click Open.
The wizard’s Driver File column shows the file name. The same driver file is automatically populated to
all the HBAs that belong to the same family, including HBAs on other servers.
7. Click Server Agent Password. (You must enter a valid password to complete this procedure.)
NOTE: The default Server Agent Password is config. To change this password for each server,
see “Setting a server agent password,” page 104.