H06.14 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Table 6 Minimum Required Firmware Versions for NS16200 and Mixed NS16000/NS16200
Systems (continued)
Product DescriptionProduct LevelModule File NameFirmware Product
BMC firmware is used for board and
module maintenance. Unlike the other
Blade Element firmware, BMC firmware
updates require a reset of the BMC only
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.
T0661AABM0661AAABaseboard Management
Controller (BMC) M0661
Firmware
*The DSKFWAAB file for T2773H01^AAB is also present in the SYSnn subvolume, but is not required for the H06.14
RVU.
Table 7 Minimum Required Firmware Versions for NSVA Systems (NS1000, NS1200, NS3000AC,
NS5000, )
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.
T2773H01*All 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 DSKFWAAB file for T2773H01^AAB is also present in the SYSnn subvolume, but is not required for the H06.14
RVU.
The following sections dealing with blade complex firmware apply to NSAA systems only. For
NSVA systems, see the upgrade procedures associated with your system in the Support and Services
Library in NTL.
Updating Blade Complex Firmware for NSAA Systems
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,
Managing Firmware in a NonStop Blade Complex 29