1) Stop all the users of the HGST FlashMAX II/III drive.
2) Remove the previous RPM/PKG's after Stopping the vgcd service from the machine.
3) Install 5.4 RPMs and the firmware tar.gz as described in the last section.
(and change the working directory)
4) Start the vgcd service
5) Run the update script vgc-update.sh
./vgc-update.sh [--drive <drivename>] [--yes]
--yes
this option if specified, updates the specified drives without user intervention.
--drive
drivename it is of the form vgc[a-h]
6) In case of current and target firmware is same then run the update script vgc-update.sh with -F | --force option for force update.
./vgc-update.sh [--drive <drivename>] [-F | --force]
--drive
drivename it is of the form vgc[a-h]
-F|--force
force firmware update
7) IMPORTANT : Power cycle the machine.
NOTE: Reboot/Reset is not sufficient, power cycle is required.
8) IF REQUIRED : After power cycle do vgc-config if require.
