Obtaining and Installing Drivers and Firmware

Latest interim corrections, patches, fixes, and various packages containing new adapter drivers and firmware are available for download from the Unisys Product Support website.

Note: The Unisys Product Support website is constantly being updated. Driver and firmware files are subject to change at any time.

  1. Using a web browser, navigate to www.support.unisys.com and sign in.

  2. On the Product Support Home page, expand ClearPath Forward if necessary, and then click ClearPath Forward.

    The Support Site page for the product appears.

  3. Click Drivers and Downloads.

    The Drivers and Downloads page appears.

  4. On the Drivers and Downloads page, click the Hardware tab.

    A list of all drivers and download choices appears.

  5. Locate and click the new adapter drivers or firmware that you want to download.

    A page listing all available release levels appears.

  6. Under the Level Information section, in the Level/Downloads column, click the latest release level.

    A page for the release level appears.

  7. Under the Download Information section, click the desired downloadable file, and then save it to a location of your choice.

    Note: If you are downloading files for installing a nonpartitionable enterprise partition platform, Unisys suggests that you collect them in a single folder for later ease of use. The folder and its contents are mounted as an image during the installation process—additional files will result in unnecessarily large virtual media.

  8. Review any available comments, read-me files, or installation instructions on the page.

  9. If needed, transfer the downloaded files to the Fabric Management Platform.

    If the files are for an enterprise partition platform, be sure to place them in a folder on the Fabric Management Platform so that the folder can be mounted using the partition image console during installation as virtual media.

    If the files are for the Fabric Management Platform, extract the contents from the archive, and then review and perform the included installation instructions.

Note: If you are installing multiple drivers, it may not be necessary to reboot the server immediately after the installation of an individual driver. Restart the server once the installation of all drivers is complete.

Updating Firmware of Mellanox Cards on a Nonpartitionable Enterprise Partition Platform

  1. Obtain the latest Mellanox firmware: Download the firmware update package from the Unisys Product Support website.

    Note: All Mellanox cards have the correct level of firmware installed before shipping from Unisys.

  2. Review and perform the instructions in the package to update the firmware.