Dell PowerVault MD3420 - Manual (Page 221)

Parameter Description
• The enclosure parameter, which downloads
new firmware to a specific EMM. If you need to
download new firmware to more than one
EMM, but not all RAID controller modules, you
must enter this command for each storage
array.
file File path and file name of the file that contains the
firmware image. You must put quotation marks (" ")
around the firmware image file path and file name.
Download Physical Disk Firmware
Description
This command downloads a firmware image to a physical disk.
CAUTION: Downloading physical disk firmware incorrectly can result in damage to the physical
disks or loss of data.
Before attempting to download physical disk firmware, you must take the following precautions:
1. Stop all I/O activity to the storage array before downloading the firmware image.
2. Ensure the firmware image file is compatible with the physical disk enclosure. If you download a file
that is not compatible with the selected physical disk enclosure, the enclosure might become
unusable.
3. Do not make any configuration changes to the storage array while downloading the physical disk
firmware. Attempting to make a configuration change can cause the firmware download to fail and
make the selected physical disks unusable.
You can use this command to test the firmware on one physical disk before installing the firmware on all
of the physical disks in a storage array. (Use the Download Storage Array Physical Disk
Firmware command to download firmware on all of the physical disks in the storage array. See
Download Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware.) This command blocks all I/O activity until the download
finishes or fails. The download returns one of the following statuses:
• Successful
• Unsuccessful With Reason
• Never Attempted With Reason.
This command is used to download a firmware image to only one physical disk at a time. If you use this
command in a script, ensure that you use this command only once. If you use this command more than
once, the operation may fail. You can download firmware images to all of the physical disks in a storage
array at one time by using the Download Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware command.
Syntax
download physicalDisk [enclosureID,slotID]
firmware file="filename"
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