HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 131)

HPSUM_FLAGS=parameters
Where parameters indicates the hpsum command's option flags you want to use. For example:
HPSUM_FLAGS=--downgrade
For more information on the hpsum command's option flags, see Section 12.2.5 (page 131) .
12.2.4 Viewing the results of a firmware update
The results of a firmware update are captured in the Insight Control for Linux task results. The task
results appear immediately after a firmware update is initiated with the Run Now button, or you
can view them later with the Tasks and Logs
→View Task Results menu item. You can also view
bare-metal discovery updates this way. The firmware results are displayed in the Operation Details
section when you select the step labeled ProLiant Firmware Update (if enabled). This log details
the setup of the firmware update and displays the HPSUM detail log file. This log file shows exactly
which firmware components were updated and the version they were updated to.
12.2.5 Specifying HPSUM option flags
By default, the firmware update procedure runs the command hpsum --silent without any
other options. This updates all firmware on a server only if the firmware files in the tar file are
newer.
HPSUM has many option flags that enable you to customize its operation. However, only a few
have any effect with the --silent option. The option flags most commonly used with Insight
Control for Linux are:
--force:rom Force a firmware update on all devices. This works only for single target devices
like BIOS and iLO, but not multiple target devices like NICs.
--rewrite This allows firmware of the same version to be overwritten.
--downgrade This allows firmware to be downgraded to a lower version.
--dryrun This option enables you to verify which firmware is updated but does not perform
an update.
Insight Control for Linux always inserts the --silent option. It is not necessary to specify it.
For more information on HPSUM option flags, see the HP Smart Update Manager User Guide.
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:
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