Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

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Updating an Existing Operating System and Software

Updating HP-UX Software

Note the following

precautions

If you are patching a 10.x system having previous patches, in order to

remove all prior patch information from the IPD prior to updating to

HP-UX 11.0, see the procedure toward the end of this manual: “Section 8:

Loading HP-UX Patches Using Ignite-UX”, in Appendix C, “Ignite-UX

System Administration.”

CAUTION If you try to update a system lacking the correct level of ﬁrmware, you

risk putting the system into an unusable state.

If your HP 9000 Server does not have installed the necessary revision of

ﬁrmware, you must contact your HP Support Representative to get your

ﬁrmware updated before attempting to install or update to HP-UX 11.0

64-bit version.

Due to library dependencies, you will also have to follow the

swgettools procedure described in “Updating SD-UX Before

Installing/Updating Software”.

Note that you are not required to update ﬁrmware on any HP 9000

Server on which you will only install or update to HP-UX 11.0 32-bit

version. However, it is always advisable to have the most current

ﬁrmware revisions installed. The revisions of ﬁrmware that support

64-bit operation will also support 32-bit operation. You may wish to

conﬁrm with your HP Support Representative that you have current

ﬁrmware revisions installed.

Verifying Hardware Support and Firmware Revision

The following table lists all the HP 9000 servers that support 64-bit

operation, along with the minimum required ﬁrmware revision levels.

Table 2-1 Supported Hardware and Firmware for 11.0 64-bit Operation

Server model

HP-UX Version

Supported

Minimum

PDC

Revision

Minimum

Firmware

Revision

9000/802/K250 32 and 64-bit 36 37.40

9000/879/K260 32 and 64-bit 36 37.40

9000/879/K260-EG 32 and 64-bit 36 37.40

9000/898/K370 32 and 64-bit 8 37.23