HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 132)

# 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:
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
132 Using Insight Control for Linux to update HP ProLiant firmware