HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem - Manual (Page 4)

Introduction 4
Introduction
Overview
The HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility enables administrators to upgrade VC-Enet and
VC-FC firmware, and to perform other maintenance tasks remotely on both HP BladeSystem c-Class c7000
and c3000 Enclosures using a standalone command line utility.
When the utility initiates a firmware upgrade process, VCSU performs an automatic health check, and then
all modules are updated at the same time. The utility displays a message indicating that an update is in
progress and the percentage completed. After the module firmware updates are complete, the utility
activates all of the modules.
You can use the -f parameter of the healthcheck command to force an update, even if the health of a
module is not in a good state.
Using HP-UX
When using HP-UX, use the swinstall command to install the utility.
Example command line:
swinstall -s /tmp/download vcsu
where "/tmp/download" is the local directory that contains the downloaded "vcsu.depot".
Requirements
• A supported operating system must be installed on the client:
o Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or 2)
o Windows Server 2003, 2008
o HP-UX 11.23 and 11.31
o Linux (RHEL 4, RHEL 5, SLES 10, SLES 11)
• To run VCSU, the minimum, required, available free disk space is 600 MB per installation instance. For
example, if you run VCSU three times in parallel against three different enclosures, you must have
approximately 1.8 GB of available disk space.
• When upgrading a Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module from version 1.31 or earlier, you must have
Administrative or Power User privileges on the client system to install and run the utility.
• A valid HP Virtual Connect firmware package must be available to install. Download the firmware from
the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates ). View the BladeSystem for ProLiant
Release Set Compatibility Table and select the appropriate download.
• Do not close the console application when a firmware update is in progress. If the application is closed
before the update completes, the module firmware might not update correctly, causing the module
firmware to be inoperative.