H06.14 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

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Contents

About This Document...................................................................................10

Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)................................................................................10

Intended Audience..................................................................................................................10

New and Changed Information in This Edition............................................................................10

New and Changed Information in Previous Editions....................................................................10

What This Guide Does Not Cover............................................................................................11

Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................11

General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................11

Notation for Messages.......................................................................................................12

Related Information.................................................................................................................12

Publishing History...................................................................................................................13

HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................13

1 Overview of Installing the H06.14 RVU........................................................14

SUT on DVD..........................................................................................................................14

Disk Space Requirements.........................................................................................................14

Operational Differences Between the H06.14 and G-series RVUs...................................................14

Investigating an H-Series RVU...................................................................................................15

System Console Requirements...................................................................................................15

Updating System Consoles (Optional) S7X-SWV2/HNSC-SWV2, Update 4..............................15

Using OSM With the H06.14 RVU............................................................................................16

OSM Server-Based Components..........................................................................................16

Migration Alert..................................................................................................................17

OSM Client-Based Components...........................................................................................17

Using DSM/SCM With the H06.14 RVU....................................................................................18

DSM/SCM and the H06.14 RVU..........................................................................................18

DSM/SCM and Public DLLs.................................................................................................19

DSM/SCM and OSS..........................................................................................................19

Upgrading the DSM/SCM Client (Planner Interface) and the T6031H02 PVU............................19

Summary of Software Installation Tasks.................................................................................19

Check or Alter the CONFTEXT File Before Installing an H06.14 SUT .........................................20

Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision .......................................................................................21

IPs That Become SUT Products on H-Series..................................................................................22

Managing Microcode and Firmware.........................................................................................22

Installation, Migration, and Fallback..........................................................................................22

2 Managing Microcode and Firmware for NonStop NS-Series Servers...............23

Managing Maintenance Entity (ME) Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware.........................................23

Updating ME Firmware.......................................................................................................24

Updating ME FPGA...........................................................................................................25

Managing Firmware in a NonStop Blade Complex.....................................................................26

Updating Blade Complex Firmware for NSAA Systems............................................................29

NonStop Blade Complex Firmware Update for Migrations From H06.03 or H06.04 to

H06.14........................................................................................................................31

NonStop Blade Complex Firmware Update for Migrations From H06.05 and Subsequent RVUs

to H06.14.....................................................................................................................32

Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware....................................................................................33

Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware.............................................................36

Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware .............................................................................36

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