Management: Firmware Inventory 26717Management: Firmware InventoryA storage array is made up of many components, which may include RAIDcontroller modules, physical disks, and enclosure management modules(EMMs). Each of these components contains firmware. Some versions offirmware are dependent on other versions of firmware. To captureinformation about all of the firmware versions in the storage array, view thefirmware inventory.If the firmware inventory does not contain information for a particular storagearray, the firmware inventory service is not available on that storage array.You can also save the firmware inventory to a text file. You can then send thefile to your Technical Support representative to detect any firmwaremismatches.Viewing the Firmware Inventory1 Perform one of these actions based on whether you want to view thefirmware information for one storage array or all storage arrays:• One storage array—From the Array Management Window, selectAdvancedMaintenance Firmware Inventory.• All storage arrays—From the Enterprise Management Window, selectTools Firmware Inventory.2 To save the firmware inventory to a text file, click Save As.3 In Specify filename, enter a name for the file to be saved. You may alsospecify another physical disk and directory if you want to save the file in alocation other than the default.NOTE: The suffix *.txt is added to the file name automatically if you do notspecify a suffix for the file name.4 Click Save.An ASCII text file that contains the firmware inventory is saved to thedesignated directory.
