HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

8.2 Basic firmware update functionality
Basic firmware update functionality is designed to provide an easy to set up and easy to use way
of updating firmware for people who simply want to keep their firmware up to date. Just
download the latest firmware CD, install it into the Insight Control for Linux repository, and run
the update.
8.2.1 Initial setup
Before you can initiate a firmware update on a server, you need to download and prepare the
firmware files and tools that will do the work. HP Insight Control for Linux uses the HP ProLiant
Firmware Maintenance CD to perform all firmware updates. Downloading and installing these
files is a one time setup operation, although when new versions of the Firmware Maintenance
CD become available, update the tools on your CMS. The steps for setting up firmware updates
are as follows:
You need to copy the firmware files and tools into the Insight Control for Linux repository from
the HP Firmware Maintenance CD before you can update the firmware with the following
procedure:
1. Obtain the latest version of the HP ProLiant Firmware Maintenance CD. You can either
download the Firmware Maintenance CD from http://www.hp.com under the Software and
Drivers pages or you can order the CD.
2. Use the appropriate command to mount the Firmware Maintenance CD; the media dictates
the command you use. Two examples are:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
# mount –o loop /tmp/FW810.2009_0501.60.iso /mnt
3. Create a tar file based on the contents of the /compaq/swpackages directory of the
firmware CD 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 Section 8.3 (page 103). Use the
following commands to create the firmware tar file:
# cd /mnt/compaq/swpackages
# tar cf /opt/repository/firmware/firmware-files.tar .
The initial setup is complete after your firmware tar file is created.
8.2.2 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.
You will be asked to verify the targets and license any unlicensed nodes. On the next screen, you
optionally can enter option flags for the hpsum command. For normal operation, do not enter
anything in this screen, however, if you want to specify any option flags for the HPSUM command,
enter them in the text field provided. For more information on the hpsum command's option
flags, see Section 8.2.5 (page 101).
Select Run Now to start the update process or Schedule to schedule it for a later time.
Any running servers selected for firmware update are shut down to run the update, and all
servers that are successfully updated are left powered down.
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