********************* Using the Host Adapter Flash Utility ******************** This document provides information for the EFI based LSI Logic Flash Utility for downloading firmware and BIOS images to LSI Logic's MPT 53C10xx 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 Firmware or BIOS image version on the adapter or residing in a file. o Provides for total flash part erasure. o Provides means to modify ASCII banner information in a BIOS image prior to downloading to an adapter or for writing back out to a file. o Supports command line execution. * * * * * * * * * * * Description * * * * * * * * * * * This utility allows the user to update the LSI Logic MPT based Firmware and/or SCSI BIOS on host adapters based on the MPT 53C10xx SCSI chips. New versions of both images are released periodically. Your host adapter must have a flash on board to use this utility. The utility's EFI executable name is EFIMPTFL.EFI. It is recommended that this file and desired firmware/BIOS 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 menu driven execution. Command line execution creates a log file which could not be done on the CD. 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 EFIMPTFL.EFI and press Enter for menu driven execution. ***** * Though not recommended, this utility and desired Firmware/BIOS/EFI Driver image * files may be placed on a SCSI hard drive attached to the 1030 adapter targeted * for updating. Execution of this utility in this environment has a major restric- * tion that should be observed to avoid damage to the system; * * * Do not erase the entire flash part. This will result in no Firmware running * on the adapter and subsequent file I/O attempts can cause the system to hang. * * Additionally, during execution in this environment, moderate delays may/will be * seen during file I/O activity. ***** The main window allows the user to choose which MPT 53C10xx 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 ------- ------ ------ --- ------ 1 1000h 0030h 3h 10h LSI Logic, Inc. SYMC1030 Ultra320 SCSI 2 1000h 0030h 3h 11h LSI Logic, Inc. SYMC1030 Ultra320 SCSI 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 b - Download Flash c - Upload Current Flash to a File d - Erase Flash Misc. z - Select PCI Chip q - Quit IDENTIFY This selection will allow the user to retrieve the version number of the MPT Firmware or the MPT BIOS residing on the adapter with the currently selected PCI chip. It can do this same function on MPT Firmware/BIOS image files, re- quiring the user to input the filename to check. Currently, if the BIOS image area contains multiple images (MPT SCSI BIOS w/EFI BSD or MPT SCSI BIOS w/FCode), this option will only return the version of the MPT SCSI BIOS. Download Flash This selection provides the user with choices for downloading images to the flash part on the adapter with the selected PCI chip. Downloading of the MPT firmware and MPT BIOS images are separate choices requiring only the corresponding image file name as input. Additional choices allow the user to alter the ASCII banner string in the MPT BIOS and either download the image to the adapter or save the altered image out to a file. The user will be prompted for the new banner contents and informed of the maximum length that can be entered. Once the banner has been altered in an image, that image cannot be the input for this operation again as the location of the changeable string relies on the released LSI Logic banner contents. This selection also offers the ability to download files that contain multiple images (MPT BIOS w/EFI BSD or MPT BIOS w/FCode) con- catenated together. The download path for INT13 BIOS images can be used to down- load Fcode or EFI BSD images as well. Their properly prepared image files are acceptable input for this function. Upload Current Flash to a File This selection will upload the entire flash part contents and write it out to a file named by the user. This image will contain both Firmware and BIOS images along with any unused areas of the flash part. The separate images cannot be broken out at this time. Current image size will be 512KB, it is the user's responsibility to ensure adequate disk space is available prior to selecting this option. Truncated upload images can result if there is not enough room on the destination disk for the entire image. A complete (512KB) image can be used as the input file when per- forming a MPT Firmware download operation. This will allow a more streamlined process if the user wishes to download multiple adapters with identical firmware and BIOS images. Erase Flash This selection will erase the entire flash part on the adapter with the currently selected chip. Until replacement images are downloaded to an adapter after this operation, the adapter is inoperable. 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, Int13 BIOS w/EFI BSD). 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 with the images specified with the /b and/or /f options. Will cause the /d option to be ignored if entered. -[/]b:x Download the BIOS image where x is the name of the input file. If x is missing, this option is ignored. If used in conjunction with the /c: option, this option must specify the MPT SCSI BIOS image; use the /c: option to specify the EFI BSD or FCode image. -[/]c:x Concatenate this image with the /b image prior to down- loading the resulting image to the flash part. Must precede the /b option to be effective. 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 Select current Adapter/chip. This will require the user to make a selection from a menu. This selection will be used while pro- cessing command line arguments following this one. -[/]e Erase the entire Flash part. -[/]f:x Download the firmware image where x is the name of the input file. If x is missing, this option is ignored. -[/]m The BIOS image specified by the /b option contains multiple images (legacy BIOS, EFI BIOS, etc.). Must precede the /b option to be effective. Do not use this option in combination with the \c option. ** -[/]o:x Option to redirect the prepared BIOS image to a file with the name x. If x is missing, this option is ignored. Must be entered in conjunction with, and must precede, the /b option. The /a option (if entered) will be ignored. -[/]? Displays this screen. ** - When the user chooses to download a new BIOS image to a board, this utility modifies certain fields in the image to reflect the chip type of the board selected. If the /o & /b options are input, the image specified via the /b option will be modified for the chip type of the board being processed and will then be written out to the file named using the /o option instead of being downloaded to the board. * * * * * * * * * * * MISC. * * * * * * * * * * * Possible return codes and descriptions: 0 - Successful completion. 1 - Error occured. The return code is a 64 bit value with EFI OEM error designation bits (bits 62/63) set in accordance with the EFI specification Version 1.10, Appendix D. Example, an error code of 0 will be returned as 0xC000000000000000. Flash ROM part numbers and corresponding sizes are: xxxxx040 - 512K byte capacity Host adapters supported: 53C1030 based - LSI21320 LSI22320 53C1020 based - LSI20320Download 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.
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