H06.11 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Table of Contents
About This Document.......................................................................................................11
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)........................................................................................11
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................11
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................11
What This Guide Does Not Cover........................................................................................................11
Notation Conventions...........................................................................................................................12
General Syntax Notation.................................................................................................................12
Notation for Messages.....................................................................................................................14
Notation for Management Programming Interfaces.......................................................................15
What This Guide Does Not Cover........................................................................................................16
Related Information..............................................................................................................................16
Publishing History................................................................................................................................17
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................17
1 Overview of Installing the H06.11 RVU......................................................................19
SUT on DVD.........................................................................................................................................19
Disk Space Requirements.....................................................................................................................19
Operational Differences Between the H06.11 and G-series RVUs........................................................19
Investigating an H-Series RVU.............................................................................................................20
System Console Requirements..............................................................................................................20
Updating System Consoles (Optional) S7X-SWV2/HNSC-SWV2, Update 1..................................20
Using OSM With the H06.11 RVU........................................................................................................21
OSM Server-Based Components.....................................................................................................21
Migration Alert................................................................................................................................22
OSM Client-Based Components......................................................................................................22
Using DSM/SCM With the H06.11 RVU...............................................................................................22
DSM/SCM and the H06.11 RVU......................................................................................................23
DSM/SCM and Public DLLs............................................................................................................23
DSM/SCM and OSS.........................................................................................................................23
Upgrading the DSM/SCM Client (Planner Interface) and the T6031H02 PVU...............................23
Summary of Software Installation Tasks.........................................................................................23
Check or Alter the CONFTEXT File Before Installing an H06.11 SUT ...........................................24
Managing Microcode and Firmware for NonStop NS-Series Servers..................................................25
Managing Maintenance Entity Firmware for Processor Switch and I/O Adapter Module
(IOAM).............................................................................................................................................26
Updating ME Firmware.............................................................................................................26
Updating ME FPGA...................................................................................................................27
Managing Firmware in a NonStop Blade Complex........................................................................28
The NonStop Blade Complex Firmware Update for Migrations From H06.03 or H06.04 to
H06.11.........................................................................................................................................32
NonStop Blade Complex Firmware Update for Migrations From H06.05 and Subsequent
RVUs to H06.11..........................................................................................................................33
Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware........................................................................................34
Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware................................................................37
Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware ...............................................................................37
Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision ..................................................................................................38
IPs That Become SUT Products on H-Series.........................................................................................39
Installation, Migration, and Fallback....................................................................................................39
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