H06.05 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Overview of Installing the H06.05 RVU
H06.05 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide—541762-003
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Managing Firmware in a NonStop Blade Complex
You can update firmware one NonStop Blade Element at a time or all slices (Blade
Elements) at the same time. However, reset and reintegration is performed on one
NonStop Blade Element at a time. OSM notifies you to reset and then reintegrate the
updated NonStop Blade Element with the running NonStop Blade Elements. OSM also
alerts you if a reset action will result in the loss of a logical processor or in the loss of
fault tolerance for a logical processor, and advises you on appropriate actions. After a
reset action, reintegration begins automatically.
Each NonStop Blade Element contains two local flash memory devices. To ensure
redundancy during a firmware update, a duplicate image (or flash image) of each
firmware module (Primitive, ISP1040, PAL/SAL, DISKBOOT, Halted State Services,
and Baseboard Management Controller Firmware) resides on the flash memory
devices.
These flash or firmware images as defined and used in the Blade Complex Firmware
Update guided procedure are:
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The shadow image, which is the firmware image in the local flash memory that is
not currently running. This firmware image is designed to be used only when the
the current running image is unavailable or during a firmware update. Because this
image is inactive, it can be updated.
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The current image, which is the firmware image in the local flash memory that is
currently running. Because this image is active, it cannot be updated.
If your firmware module files are downrev, use OSM and the guided procedure to
update the shadow and current firmware images (as separate operations) for each
NonStop Blade Element and for each NonStop Blade Complex. Before you begin the
Primitive State
Firmware T0287H01
PRMFIRMW Primitive state firmware
ISP1040 firmware
T0480H01
ISPFIRMW ISP1040 firmware is controller firmware for
legacy I/O or SCSI disks in G-series RVUs
Baseboard
Management
Controller Firmware
(BMC) T0661
M0661 BMC firmware is used for board and module
maintenance. Unlike the other Blade
Element firmware, BMC firmware updates
only require a reset of the BMC in the
updated Blade Element. When you perform
the Switch to Use Shadow Firmware Image
After Reset action in OSM (or through the
guided procedure), the BMC is instantly
reset, and the Blade Element starts running
the new BMC firmware immediately. The
rest of the updated Blade Element firmware
does not become active (running) until you
reset the Blade Element.
Table 1-3. HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Server Firmware (page 2 of 2)
Firmware Name
Module File-
name Notes