H06.13 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Table 7 Minimum Required Firmware Versions for NSVA Systems (NS1000, NS5000, NS3000AC,
NS1200)
Product DescriptionFirmware
Version
System TypeModule File NameFirmware Product
Delivered as an Independent Product.
See Scout for NonStop Servers for
current version.
T8004AAENS1000 or
NS5000
HSSFIRMWHalted State Services
(HSS) and HPI
Loader T8004
Firmware
T8004A01NS3000AC
T8004AAHNS1200
Diskboot is used during a system load
of an NSVA system. This firmware is
packaged as part of the CD containing
T8004 and cannot be updated
independently.
T2773H01All NSVA
systems
DSKFIRMWDISKBOOT Firmware
ISP1040 firmware is controller firmware
for legacy I/O or SCSI disks in G-series
RVUs. This firmware is packaged as
part of the CD containing T8004 and
cannot be updated independently.
T0480H01All NSVA
systems
ISPFIRMWISP1040 Firmware
The following sections dealing with blade complex firmware apply to NSAA systems only.
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.
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 firmware update procedure, check
for any yellow or red alarms associated with a processor (blade) complex. These alarms might
indicate a severe problem. You can, however, begin the firmware update if the yellow alarm is
associated with a downrev firmware file.
During the firmware update procedure, when you reset and reintegrate the NonStop Blade Element,
the current image becomes the shadow image and the shadow image becomes the running image.
In OSM, under attributes, when the firmware update is completed for a NonStop Blade Element,
both the current (running) and shadow images will display Same.
When you use the guided procedure:
• The procedure's main window is not usable for running another guided procedure.
• The Continue button is dimmed until the processing of a firmware task is completed.
30 Managing Microcode and Firmware for NonStop NS-Series Servers