What triggers an update to Disk, Shelf, or ACP firmware in Data ONTAP 8 7-Mode?

In the Background

This occurs when the following conditions are met:

• options raid.background_disk_fw_update.enable is on
  -or-
  options raid.disk.background_fw_update.raid4.enable is on (where applicable)
• Newer firmware for the disks present is placed in the /etc/disk_fw directory.
   

When manually triggered

This occurs when the following conditions are met:

• options raid.background_disk_fw_update.enable is off
  -or-
  options raid.disk.background_fw_update.raid4.enable is off (where applicable)
• Newer firmware for the disks present is placed in the /etc/disk_fw directory
• The disk_fw_update command is issued.

Upon next reboot

This occurs when the following conditions are met:

• options raid.background_disk_fw_update.enable is off
  -or-
  options raid.disk.background_fw_update.raid4.enable is off (where applicable)
• Newer firmware for disks present is placed in the /etc/disk_fw directory
• The system is rebooted.
   

When manually triggered

This occurs when the following conditions are met:

• Newer firmware for the shelf modules present is placed in the /etc/shelf_fw directory.

-and-

• The following commands are issued:
  • priv set advanced
  • storage download shelf
     -or-
    storage download shelf adapter_name
  • priv set

Upon the next reboot

This occurs when both the following conditions are met:

• Newer firmware for the shelf modules present is placed in the /etc/shelf_fw directory.
• The controller is rebooted.

Upon certain events being encountered

This occurs when the following conditions are met:

• Newer firmware for the shelf modules present is placed in the /etc/shelf_fw directory.

-and-

• One of the following events occur:
  • The cf giveback command is issued
  • New disk drives are inserted
  • New shelf modules are inserted
  • A-SAS shelf is hot-added
     

In the background

This occurs when the following condition is met:

Newer firmware for the ACP is placed in the /etc/acpp_fw directory.
Note: No other action is required - Data ONTAP polls this directory periodically.

When manually triggered

This occurs when the following conditions are met:

• Newer firmware for the ACP is placed in the /etc/acpp_fw directory.
• The following commands are issued:
  • priv set advanced
  • storage download acp
  • priv set

For complete information on all the firmware updates, see the Upgrade Guide for the version of Data ONTAP being used.