H06.15 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
New and Changed Information in Previous Editions....................................................................10
What This Guide Does Not Cover............................................................................................11
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................11
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................11
Related Information.................................................................................................................12
Publishing History...................................................................................................................13
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................13
1 Overview of Installing This RVU..................................................................14
SUT on DVD..........................................................................................................................14
CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) Software for This RVU.......................................................................14
Disk Space Requirements.........................................................................................................14
Operational Differences Between This RVU and G-series RVUs......................................................14
Investigating an H-Series RVU...................................................................................................15
System Console Requirements...................................................................................................15
Updating System Consoles (Optional)...................................................................................15
Using OSM With This RVU......................................................................................................16
OSM Server-Based Components..........................................................................................16
Migration Alert..................................................................................................................17
OSM Client-Based Components...........................................................................................17
Using DSM/SCM and NonStop Software Essentials With This RVU...............................................18
NonStop Software Essentials and This RVU............................................................................18
DSM/SCM and This RVU....................................................................................................18
DSM/SCM and Public DLLs.................................................................................................19
DSM/SCM and OSS..........................................................................................................19
Upgrading the NonStop Software Essentials Client.................................................................19
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 This RVU SUT ...........................................21
Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision........................................................................................22
IPs That Become SUT Products on H-Series..................................................................................22
Managing Microcode and Firmware.........................................................................................23
Installation, Migration, and Fallback..........................................................................................23
2 Managing Microcode and Firmware...........................................................24
Managing Maintenance Entity (ME) Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware.........................................24
Updating ME Firmware.......................................................................................................25
Updating ME FPGA...........................................................................................................26
Managing NonStop Blade Complex Firmware............................................................................27
Updating Blade Complex Firmware for NS14000 Series Systems and NS16000 Series
Systems............................................................................................................................28
Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware....................................................................................31
Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware.............................................................33
Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware .............................................................................33
3 Installation, Migration, and Fallback Considerations......................................35
H06.03.................................................................................................................................35
Kernel-Managed Swap File (KMSF)......................................................................................35
IOAM and Migrating Existing Data to an Enterprise Storage System (ESS).................................35
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