1 initial setup, 2 updating firmware on systems known by hp sim – HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual
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12.2.1 Initial setup
Before you can initiate a firmware update on a server, you must download and prepare the firmware
files and tools that do the work. Insight Control for Linux uses the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD
or Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) for all firmware updates. Downloading and installing these files
is a one time setup operation, although when new versions of the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD
or SPP become available, update the tools on your CMS. Here are the procedures for setting up
firmware updates from the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD and SPP, respectively:
HP Smart Update Firmware DVD
You must copy the firmware files and tools into the Insight Control for Linux repository from the HP
Smart Update Firmware DVD before you can update the firmware with the following procedure:
1.
Obtain the latest version of the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD. You can either download
the Smart Update Firmware DVD from
under the Software and Drivers
pages or you can order the DVD.
2.
Use the appropriate command to mount the Smart Update Firmware DVD; the media dictates
the command you use. Two examples are:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
# mount –o loop /tmp/FW900.2010_0031.92.iso /mnt
3.
Create a tar file based on the contents of the /hp/swpackages directory of the Smart
Update Firmware DVD and store it in the repository at /opt/repository/firmware/
firmware-files.tar
. This is the default firmware file name and must be used unless you
are using the advanced firmware features described in
. Use the
following commands to create the firmware tar file:
# cd /mnt/hp/swpackages
# tar --exclude "*\.exe" --wildcards -c -v \
-f /opt/repository/firmware/firmware-files.tar .
The initial setup is complete after your firmware tar file is created.
HP Service Pack for ProLiant
1.
Use the spp-firmware-to-tar command to extract the firmware files from the SPP ISO
that you already registered in the Insight Control for Linux repository and downloaded. For
example:
# /opt/hptc/bin/spp-firmware-to-tar \
--sppfile=/opt/repository/psp/SPP2012060/SPP2012060.2012_0504.50.iso
Created /opt/repository/firmware/firmware-spp-2012.06.0.tar
For more information on registering an SPP , see
“Registering SPPs and PSPs” (page 49)
For more information on downloading and copying an SPP , see
PSPs into the repository” (page 56)
2.
Change directory to the firmware directory in the repository.
# cd /opt/repository/firmware
3.
Create a symbolic link, firmware-files.tar, that points to the firmware file created in
the first step. For example:
# ln -sf firmware-spp-2012.06.0.tar firmware-files.tar
# ls -l firmware-files.tar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 datestamp firmware-files.tar -> firmware-spp-2012.06.0.tar
12.2.2 Updating firmware on systems known by HP SIM
From the CMS, you can initiate a firmware update on any ProLiant server licensed for Insight
Control for Linux. Select the servers you want to update and run the firmware update tool with the
Deploy
→Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents→IC-Linux→Update ProLiant Firmware… menu
item.
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