System and method for automatic enforcement of firmware revisions in SCSI/SAS/FC systems

A method of automatic enforcement of firmware revision in an information handling system comprising at least one of a small computer system interface (SCSI) subsystem, a serial attached SCSI (SAS) subsystem, and a fiber channel (FC) subsystem, the method comprising:

• starting by booting up the at least one of the SCSI subsystem, the SAS subsystem, and the FC subsystem;
• using a controller to scan an interconnection comprising at least one of a SCSI bus, an SAS bus, and an FC bus for hardware devices attached to the interconnection in the information handling system;
• determining an interconnection compatibility of each hardware device attached to the interconnection by sending an inquiry command from at least one system controller to read at least one specified field in device(n), wherein device(n) is one of the hardware devices attached to the interconnection and n is in the range of n=1 to n=N, wherein there are N total hardware devices attached to the interconnection, based on checking, verifying, and flagging a revision status of the firmware for the device(n) attached to the interconnection;
• issuing and displaying a warning to a user about possible compatibility issues, based on determining the interconnection compatibility of the device(n) attached to the interconnection;
• determining whether a supported revision of firmware is locally stored as a single uniform release for the device(n) attached to the interconnection, based on determining the interconnection compatibility of the device(n) attached to the interconnection;
• prompting the user whether to proceed with a firmware upgrade for the device(n) attached to the interconnection using the locally stored supported revision of the firmware for each of the hardware devices attached to the interconnection in the single uniform release, based on determining the interconnection compatibility of the device(n) attached to the interconnection;
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• upgrading automatically the firmware for the device(n) attached to the interconnection based on prompting the user.

A system for automatic enforcement of firmware revision in an information handling system comprising at least one of a small computer system interface (SCSI) subsystem, a serial attached SCSI (SAS) subsystem, and a fiber channel (FC) subsystem, the system comprising:

• a host bus adapter (HBA) comprising a SCSI input/output (I/O) processor and SCSI target firmware storage;
• a SCSI/SAS/FC interconnection communicatively coupled to the host bus adapter (HBA);
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• a plurality of hardware devices communicatively coupled to the SCSI/SAS/FC interconnection communicatively coupled to the host bus adapter (HBA), wherein the host bus adapter (HBA) is operable to update firmware in the plurality of the hardware devices communicatively coupled to the SCSI/SAS/FC interconnection communicatively coupled to the host bus adapter (HBA), the host bus adapter (HBA) capable of automatically pushing the firmware in a single flash process to the plurality of the hardware devices communicatively coupled to the SCSI/SAS/FC interconnection communicatively coupled to the host bus adapter (HBA).