Update Adaptec Controller Firmware from DSS

[enealDC]

This *seems* like it should be possible. I created a small nas share which appears to be mounted on the system as /shares/misc. I can tell this by tests.log. I uploaded my firmware images and using the cli - i jumped into the adaptec command line utility and typed:

romupdate 1 /shares/misc/as5124

That should be all there is to it. But the utility says the file does not exist. Am I missing something here?

[To-M]

I don't believe this can be done from the CLI. I believe you can update the firmware from the Adaptec Storage Manager running from a Windows system.

[enealDC]

No. I believe you have to log into the cli as root for you to be able to do this.

why can I use the cli? if a limitation exists, its not a limitation of the adaptec utility..

[enealDC]

Actually - what I meant to say was that you have to log into the ASM as root to get the option to update firmware.

[To-M]

I only use this on my XP system - admin level.

[enealDC]

not sure what you mean. i have the asm running on a 2003 box and i'm logged in as Administrator. but the asm is client/server connection so the client connection to the asm server has to be done as root in order to get the ability to upgrade firmware.

i really should be able to perform the software update from the cli. but i suspect it may be a permission issue.

oh well - looks like i have to physically do this at the datacenter.. *sigh*