Using a hard drive – HP ProLiant Support Pack User Manual
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4.
The HP USB Key Creator formats the USB key. Ensure that you are using a USB key that is at least
1GB in size and does not contain any valuable files.
For Linux, the USB key can be created manually:
1.
Obtain SYSLINUX 3.75 or higher from http://www.syslinux.zytor.com
,
and download it to a Linux workstation.
2.
Install the SYSLINUX RPM obtained in step 1.
3.
If a directory does not already exist, create one for the USB key mount point, for example, mkdir
/usbkey.
4.
Insert the USB key, and then mount it. The device mount point might vary, depending on whether
other SCSI drives are also installed on the server. Therefore, the device mount point can be sdb1,
sdc1, and so on.
mount /dev/sda1 /usbkey
5.
Use the ./syslinux /usbkey command to write out the boot partition to the USB key. Failure to
run this command might lead to a key that does not boot the Firmware DVD until the SYSLINUX
command is successful.
6.
Create a directory to mount the DVD image, for example, mkdir /cd_mount_point.
7.
Insert the Firmware DVD or mount the Firmware DVD ISO through a loopback:
mount /dev/cdrom /cd_mount_point or mount -t iso9660 firmware-
8.
Change to the /usb directory on the DVD:
cd /cd_mount_point/usb
9.
Execute the usbcreator.sh shell script passing in the DVD mount point and the USB mount point to
move the Firmware DVD files to the USB key:
./usbcreator.sh /cd_mount_point /usbkey
10.
If additional components must be added to the USB, copy the components into the /hp/swpackages
(Linux) or the \hp\swpackages (Windows® operating system) directory. If the version can support
the type of components added, then HP SUM picks them up automatically.
11.
Unmount the DVD and the USB key. This must match the initial mount point in step 4.
umount /dev/cdrom
umount /dev/sda1
12.
Remove the USB key and DVD.
Using a hard drive
1.
Copy the contents of the \hp\swpackages directory from the DVD or ISO image to a directory on
the hard drive where HP SUM is to be executed.
2.
Ensure that execute privileges are available in Linux by using the chmod 700 * command. By
default, the files are copied off the DVD in Linux as read-only with no execution privileges.
3.
Copy any updated files into the same directory where the files were copied in step 1.
4.
Execute HP SUM to have the new firmware components recognized.