H06.10 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

On Integrity NonStop NS-series servers, the bootstrap code is part of the NonStop Blade Element
firmware and is, therefore, not on a disk. You update the disk bootstrap code on all the bootable
slices (that is, those that contain logical processor 0 and 1) by using the Blade Complex Firmware
Update procedure.
Table 1-3 lists the updateable NonStop Blade Complex firmware and the recommended order
for updating firmware through the guided procedure. (The Select Firmware Modules for Shadow
Image Update dialog box lists all the shadow firmware modules for all the NonStop Blade
Elements in the NonStop Blade Complex and allows you to select the firmware modules to be
updated):
Table 1-3 HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Server Firmware
NotesModule File-nameFirmware Name
Contains HSS Main firmware.HSSFIRMWHalted State Services (HSS) firmware
T0287H01^AAE
Diskboot is used during a system load of an Integrity
NonStop NS-series server.
DSKFIRMWDISKBOOT firmware T2773H01
A firmware library based on the Intel Itanium
architecture. Any updates to SAL requires an update of
the entire IPFFIRMW firmware module even if PAL has
not changed.
IPFFIRMWPAL/SAL firmware T0287H01^AAE
Primitive state firmwarePRMFIRMWPrimitive State Firmware
T0287H01^AAE
ISP1040 firmware is controller firmware for legacy I/O
or SCSI disks in G-series RVUs
ISPFIRMWISP1040 firmware T0480H01
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.
M0661Baseboard Management Controller
Firmware (BMC) T0661H01
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:
• 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.
• 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.
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