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Dell Storage PowerTools Server Hardware Manager Version 3.2 Administrator’s Guide

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Updating drives

You can update drive firmware by using the information provided by running other SHM CLI commands. For information about the latest drive firmware versions, go to Dell.com/support. Dell recommends stopping all I/O between the server and the attached enclosures containing the drives that you want to update. By default, if the command entered updates multiple drives, the SHM CLI updates the drives one at a time. If multi argument is entered at the CLI, the SHM CLI updates the drives simultaneously in sets of 100.
To update a single drive when the WWN of the drive is known: 
shmcli update drive –d=<(WWN)> -file=<FW.FilePath>
To update all drives visible to a specified adapter: 
shmcli update drive -a=<(SASAddress | AdapterIndex)> -file=<FW.FilePath>
To update all the drives in a specified enclosure: 
shmcli update drive -a=<(SASAddress | AdapterIndex)> -enc=<(WWN | EnclIndex)> -file=<FW.FilePath>
To update all the drives in a specified drawer: 
shmcli update drive -a=<(SASAddress | AdapterIndex)> -enc=<(WWN | EnclIndex)> -w=<DrawerIndex> -file=<FW.FilePath>
To update a single drive: 
shmcli update drive -d=<(WWN | EnclosureSlotIndex | DrawerSlotIndex | Serial Number | Drive OS Path)> -file=<FW.FilePath>
An update summary is displayed after the command finishes.
NOTE:
  • When attempting to update multiple drives, the specified firmware file is used on all drives within the scope of the command. Drives compatible with the firmware file are updated while incompatible drives fail gracefully.
  • If the firmware file path contains spaces, enclose the filepath in double quotation marks (“”). For example, –file=“C:\My Files\my firmware.fwh”
  • Only firmware files with the.fwh extension are supported for updating drives using the SHM CLI.

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