Installing Utilities for Updating the BIOS and Firmware

Use the HBAnywhere utility or the OneCommandManager command-line interface (CLI) utility to update the BIOS and firmware for the HBA. These utilities provide support for the following functions:

  • Discover local and remote hosts, HBAs, targets, and LUNs

  • Reset HBAs

  • Set HBA driver parameters

  • Update firmware

  • Enable or disable the system BIOS

  • Run diagnostic tests on HBAs

  • Manage out-of-band HBAs

  • Manage local and in-band remote HBAs

For more information about the HBAnyware and OneCommandManager utilities, download their user guides from the Emulex (now Broadcom) support site for Oracle at: Oracle Fibre Channel Downloads.