H06.13 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Contents
About This Document...................................................................................10
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)................................................................................10
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................10
New and Changed Information in This Edition............................................................................10
What This Guide Does Not Cover............................................................................................11
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................11
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................11
Notation for Messages.......................................................................................................12
What This Guide Does Not Cover............................................................................................12
Related Information.................................................................................................................13
Publishing History...................................................................................................................14
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................14
1 Overview of Installing the H06.13 RVU........................................................15
SUT on DVD..........................................................................................................................15
Disk Space Requirements.........................................................................................................15
Operational Differences Between the H06.13 and G-series RVUs...................................................15
Investigating an H-Series RVU...................................................................................................16
System Console Requirements...................................................................................................16
Updating System Consoles (Optional) S7X-SWV2/HNSC-SWV2, Update 3..............................16
Using OSM With the H06.13 RVU............................................................................................17
OSM Server-Based Components..........................................................................................17
Migration Alert..................................................................................................................18
OSM Client-Based Components...........................................................................................18
Using DSM/SCM With the H06.13 RVU....................................................................................19
DSM/SCM and the H06.13 RVU..........................................................................................19
DSM/SCM and Public DLLs.................................................................................................20
DSM/SCM and OSS..........................................................................................................20
Upgrading the DSM/SCM Client (Planner Interface) and the T6031H02 PVU............................20
Summary of Software Installation Tasks.................................................................................20
Check or Alter the CONFTEXT File Before Installing an H06.13 SUT .........................................21
Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision .......................................................................................22
IPs That Become SUT Products on H-Series..................................................................................23
Managing Microcode and Firmware.........................................................................................23
Installation, Migration, and Fallback..........................................................................................23
2 Managing Microcode and Firmware for NonStop NS-Series Servers...............24
Managing Maintenance Entity (ME) Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware.........................................24
Updating ME Firmware.......................................................................................................25
Updating ME FPGA...........................................................................................................26
Managing Firmware in a NonStop Blade Complex.....................................................................27
NonStop Blade Complex Firmware Update for Migrations From H06.03 or H06.04 to
H06.13.............................................................................................................................31
NonStop Blade Complex Firmware Update for Migrations From H06.05 and Subsequent RVUs
to H06.13.........................................................................................................................32
Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware....................................................................................33
Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware.............................................................37
Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware .............................................................................37
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