********************* Using the Host Adapter Flash Utility ********************
This document provides information for the EFI based LSI Logic Flash Utility for
downloading BIOS images to LSI Logic's 53C8xx/53C1010 based, PCI to SCSI, adapter
cards. It contains a feature and description section.
* * * * * * * * * * * Features * * * * * * * * * * * *
o Supports host adapter selection for updating.
o Provides means to identify BIOS image version on the adapter or
residing in a file.
o Provides for total flash part erasure.
o Supports command line execution.
* * * * * * * * * * * Description * * * * * * * * * * *
This utility allows the user to update the adapter's flash part with the LSI
Logic SCSI BIOS, LSI Logic Fcode, LSI Logic EFI Driver or a combined image on
host adapters based on the 53C8xx/53c1010 SCSI chips. New versions of the images
are released periodically. Your host adapter must have a flash on board to use
this utility.
WARNING: Concatenating some types of images may produce a final image that is
too large to fit into the flash parts. Current maximun image size should be
kept under 128KB.
The utility's EFI executable name is EFI8XXFL.EFI. It is recommended that this
file and desired BIOS/FCode image files be placed on a diskette and that the
utility be executed from this diskette. For EFI based systems without a floppy
diskette device, burning these files on a CD-ROM will allow proper execution
but with reduced functionality. Command line execution will attempt to create
a logfile which can not be done on the CD. Also, the /o option will cause an
error condition when attempted during CD command line execution. CD menu driven
execution; the user will not be able to upload an image as the file creation will
fail.
On most EFI systems the diskette needs to be in the drive during boot to allow
for device mapping. Boot the system to the EFI shell prompt. The floppy device
should appear in the list of mapped devices as 'fs0'. Change to this device by
typing 'fs0:' (use the drive designation for the CD-ROM if the files are on a CD).
Type EFI8XXFL and press Enter for menu driven execution.
The main window allows the user to choose which 53C8xx/53C1010 chip will be the
path used to perform the selected tasks through. Dual channel cards will have
two (2) entries (chips) displayed on this screen. Since both channels of a dual
channel board share a flash part, only one of the paths needs to be chosen.
However, no harm will be done if separate updates are done through both. File
path/names for input, secondary input (concatenation input) or output files are
restricted to 44 characters in length.
This screen appears as:
Vendor Device
Choice ID ID Bus Device Flash part
------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------
1 00001000h 00000020h 00000003h 00000010h Am29F010B
LSI Logic, Inc. SYMC1010 Ultra160 33Mhz SCSI
2 00001000h 00000020h 00000003h 00000011h Am29F010B
LSI Logic, Inc. SYMC1010 Ultra160 33Mhz SCSI
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3 - Refresh
Which PCI chip (0 to quit)?
Once a chip has been chosen, another menu list will be displayed as follows:
FLASH
a - Identify Flash Image
b - Download New Flash Image
c - Upload Current Flash Image to a File
d - Erase Entire Flash Part
Misc.
z - Change Current PCI chip/adapter
q - Quit
IDENTIFY
This selection will allow the user to retrieve the version number of an image
either residing on the adapter with the currently selected PCI chip or contained
in a file. Currently, if the image contains multiple images (SCSI BIOS w/FCode),
this option will only return the version of the 1st (primary) image of the multi-
part image. 8xx/1010 BIOS, EFI Driver and later FCode images are supported.
Download Flash
This selection provides the user with the ability to download a new image to the
flash part on the adapter with the selected PCI chip. The user will be queried
for the source image file name. If the /m command line option was entered, this
image file will be understood to contain multiple images and appropriate updates
will be done to both images prior to downloading the new flash contents.
Upload Current Flash to a File
This selection will determine the currently downloaded image size and upload it
to a file named by the user. If the image is a multi-part image, the individual
images cannot be broken out at this time. It is the user's responsibility to
ensure adequate disk space is available prior to selecting this option. Truncated
images can result if there is not enough room on the destination disk for the
entire image. An uploaded image can be used as the input file when performing a
download operation.
Erase Flash
This selection will erase the entire flash part on the adapter with the currently
selected chip. Until a replacement image is downloaded to an adapter after this
operation, the adapter may not function as a boot solution.
The following command line options are supported by this utility and can be used to
create an automated process to perform the utility's operations. Using Command line
options is the only method available for creating and saving images containing more
than one independent image (i.e. INT13 BIOS w/Fcode. If saved to a file, this file
name can be used as input during menu driven execution when it is desired to download
a multi-image file.
-[/]a Option to update all boards found, else, operation specified will be
done on the first board found. Ignored if entered in conjunction with
the /o option.
-[/]b:x Download a BIOS image, x is the name of the source file. If x is
omitted, this is not a valid option. All boards found will be updated
if the /a option is entered in conjunction with this option.
-[/]c:x Concatenate this image with the /b image prior to downloading the re-
sulting image to the flash part. If the /o option is also entered, the
concatenated image will be redirected to the filename specified. If x
is omitted, this is not a valid option and will be ignored.
-[/]d Courtesy delays that are over 1 second are reduced by half.
-[/]e Erase the entire flash part. Entered in conjunction with the /a option
will result in flash parts on all boards found being erased.
-[/]m The BIOS image specified by the /b option contains multiple images.
-[/]n Courtesy delays are not done.
-[/]o:x This option has two possiblities:
1) If entered without the /b option, it will upload the current FLASH
image to a file with the name x.
2) If entered along with the /b option or /b and /c options, the
altered image will be saved to a file named x instead of being
downloaded to the adapter.
If x is missing, this option is ignored. The /a option (if entered) will
be ignored.
-[/]? Displays this list of options.
* * * * * * * * * * * MISC. * * * * * * * * * * *
Flash ROM part numbers and corresponding sizes are:
xxxxx256 - 32K byte capacity
xxxxx512 - 64K byte capacity
xxxxx010/101 - 128K byte capacity
xxxxx020/201 - 256K byte capacity
Host adapters supported:
SYM8150SP SYM8750SP
SYM8250ASP SYM8751SP
SYM8251ASP SYM8751D
SYM8251AD SYM8751SPE
SYM8951U SYM8952U
SYM8953U SYM8955U
SYM22801 SYM22802
SYM21002 SYM22910
SYM21040 SYM22903
SYM22915
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.