HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 133)

12.2.6 Adding or removing firmware files from the firmware tar file
HP continuously releases new firmware for devices, and these new releases are usually in the next
revision of the Smart Update Firmware DVD. However there might be times when you want to use
this new firmware before the next DVD is released.
There also might be times when you do not want to update the firmware on a specific device, and
so you do not want that device’s firmware file in the firmware tar file.
To make changes to the collection of firmware files that are used for automatic firmware updates,
you must extract the contents of the firmware tar file, add and remove what you want, and create
a new tar file.
This procedure requires 300 to 400 MB of temporary disk space:
1.
Create a temporary directory for the contents of the tar file.
# mkdir /tmp/fw-temp
2. Extract the contents of the tar file:
# cd /tmp/fw-temp
# tar xf /opt/repository/firmware/firmware-files.tar
3. Add or remove the required firmware files.
Here are some examples; all these examples are performed from the temporary directory for
the firmware, /tmp/fw-temp:
# Copy latest firmware from /root
cp /root/CP009403.scexe .
# Download latest iLO firmware direct from hp.com
wget ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/CP009237.scexe
# Remove system BIOS so it won’t get updated
rm CP009139.scexe
NOTE: When downloading new firmware files or removing older files, Insight Control for
Linux uses only the files designated as Linux Online Flash Component; these files end
with the .scexe extension.
Be sure you are manipulating the correct file types. The HP Smart Update Firmware DVD has
an index so you know exactly which firmware files are for which devices.
4. Re-create the firmware tar file:
# cd /tmp/fw-temp
# tar cf /opt/repository/firmware/firmware-files.tar .
5. Remove the temporary directory and its contents.
# rm –rf /tmp/fw-temp
12.2.7 Firmware update time out
Firmware update times out before completion
After Insight Control for Linux initiates a firmware update, it waits for the RAM disk to signal that
the firmware update has completed. If, for some reason (such as lost communication with the RAM
disk), Insight Control for Linux does not receive that notification, the firmware update task eventually
times out.
The default value is 900 seconds (15 minutes), which should be sufficient for most situations,
However, you can modify this value to account for special situations when fifteen minutes is not
enough time to complete the firmware update.
To modify the firmware update timeout, edit the /opt/mx/icle/icle.properties file. The
FW_UPG_WAIT_TIMEOUT
parameter controls the length of the firmware update timeout; that line
in the file resembles the following:
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