HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 134)

FW_UPG_WAIT_TIMEOUT=900
Determine the value (in seconds) that is appropriate for your installation and assign it to the
FW_UPG_WAIT_TIMEOUT
value.
12.3 Advanced firmware update functionality
Insight Control for Linux incorporates advanced firmware update options if you require more control
over exactly which versions of firmware should be installed and on which systems. For example,
perhaps you do not want to run firmware updates on production servers, but you want your research
and development servers updated with the latest packages. Or perhaps you want a group of
servers to have different firmware versions from the rest. Insight Control for Linux has a simple and
flexible method for controlling this.
12.3.1 Understanding the firmware configuration file
A firmware configuration file controls the advanced firmware update features of Insight Control
for Linux. It is a plain text file you create and store in the Insight Control for Linux repository at the
following location:
/opt/repository/firmware/firmware-config.txt
When a server initiates an Insight Control for Linux firmware update, it checks for the presence of
this file in the repository. If the file does not exist, a normal firmware update is performed as
described in the
Section 12.2 (page 130) . If the file is found, it is scanned for a reference to the
server being updated. If a reference is found, it is acted upon.
The configuration file contains one line for each server requiring customized firmware. Each line
has the following format:
system=firmware-filename
Where
system Is one of the following:
1.
A host name
2. An IP address
3. A MAC address
4. The text string default
These system values are given in precedence order, from highest to
lowest.
firmware-filename Is one of the following:
•
The name of a firmware tar file located in the firmware repository
that was customized as described in
Section 12.2.6 (page 133)
to have only the particular firmware and versions you want for
this system.
•
The reserved word skip, which indicates not to update this
system's firmware.
When the configuration file is scanned for a match to the server, the firmware-filename is
assigned to the server defined by the system value or, for the reserved word skip, the server's
firmware is not updated.
If the same server is described two or more times in the file, the precedence of the system value
determines the action. For example, in the following excerpt, all three lines describe the same
server, but the firmware.tar file (and only that file) is assigned because the server is described
by its host name, which has the highest precedent:
172.31.64.99=prodfirmware.tar
server1=firmware.tar
01:00:ab:67:45:ff=latest-firmware.tar
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