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This document provides the information required to update the FC Firmware and
the FC Intel BIOS for the LSIFC909 chip and LSI40909 Host Adapter.

This text file is divided into these sections:

   FcProm Utility Description

   Updating only the Firmware

   Updating only the BIOS

   Updating both Firmware and the BIOS

   Troubleshooting
   
  
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1.0 FcProm Utility Description 

The FcProm utility is used to update the LSI Logic FC Firmware and Intel BIOS 
on a LSIFC909 Fibre Channel chip, or LSI40909 Host Adapter. 

The utility is labeled FcProm.exe and is located on your LSI Logic FC Firmware
diskette, and also on the Intel BIOS diskette.  


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2.0 Updating the Adapter Firmware

To update only the LSIFC909 firmware, complete the following steps:

1. Insure that the LSI40909 Host Adapter is properly installed in the system
   PCI slot. 

2. Insert the LSI FC Firmware diskette into drive A:, and Boot the system to 
   the DOS prompt a:\>. 

3. FcProm can be executed directly from the DOS command line:
        a:
        fcprom -ffc909.rom

4. The FcProm utility will ask for a Host Adapter board to be selected, if more 
   than one board is present in the system. LSI40909 boards may be differen- 
   tiated from other boards using the PCI Vendor ID (1000h) and PCI Device ID 
   (0621h). Select the board that requires the update.

5. The update process requires about 20-30 seconds. FcProm will return to the
   the DOS prompt when the update is complete.


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3.0 Updating the Adapter BIOS

To update only the LSIFC909 Intel BIOS, complete the following steps:

1. Insure that the LSI40909 Host Adapter is properly installed in the system
   PCI slot. 

2. Insert the LSI FC Firmware diskette into drive A:, and Boot the system to 
   the DOS prompt a:\>. 

3. FcProm can be executed directly from the DOS command line:
        a:
        fcprom -bmptbios.rom

4. The FcProm utility will ask for a Host Adapter board to be selected, if more 
   than one board is present in the system. LSI40909 boards may be differen-
   tiated from other boards using the PCI Vendor ID (1000h) and PCI Device ID
   (0621h). Select the board that requires the update.

5. The update process requires about 15-20 seconds. FcProm will return to the
   the DOS prompt when the update is complete.

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4.0 Updating both Firmware and the BIOS

To update both the LSIFC909 Firmware and Intel BIOS, complete the following
steps:

1. Insure that the LSI40909 Host Adapter is properly installed in the system
   PCI slot. 

2. Insert the LSI FC Firmware diskette into drive A:, and Boot the system to 
   the DOS prompt a:\>. 

3. FcProm can be executed directly from the DOS command line:
        a:
        fcprom -d -bmptbios.rom -ffc909.rom

4. The FcProm utility will ask for a Host Adapter board to be selected, if more 
   than one board is present in the system. LSI40909 boards may be differen-
   tiated from other boards using the PCI Vendor ID (1000h) and PCI Device ID
   (0621h). Select the board that requires the update.

5. The update process requires about 45-60 seconds. FcProm will return to the
   the DOS prompt when the update is complete.

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5.0 Troubleshooting

NOTE: The Firmware and BIOS revisions typically need to be in sync, for proper
operation. Check with LSI Customer Support to make sure that the Firmware
is the correct version to use with your BIOS. If the Firmware revision is not
in sync with the BIOS revision, system failures my occur.

o How do you identify the version number of the Firmware or Intel BIOS? There 
  is a unix-compatible what.exe program for DOS included on the diskette
  that can be used to identify the rom files on the diskette(s).
  
  Examples:
        what *.*
        what *.* nt/*.*

0 Many types of errors will be reported through the LED on the LSI40909 board.
  When these errors occur, the LED will flash a four digit sequence, which is
  the error code. These types of errors should be reported to LSI Logic Support.
  LSI will ask for additional system configuration information, including the
  type of system used, the FC configuration and type of peripherals (including 
  version numbers) and the sequence of events when the error occurred.