H06.18 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Contents
About This Document...................................................................................11
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)................................................................................11
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................11
New and Changed Information in This Edition............................................................................11
New and Changed Information in Previous Editions....................................................................11
What This Guide Does Not Cover............................................................................................13
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................13
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................13
Related Information.................................................................................................................14
Publishing History...................................................................................................................14
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................15
1 Overview of Installing This RVU..................................................................16
SUT on DVD..........................................................................................................................16
CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) Software for This RVU.......................................................................16
Disk Space Requirements.........................................................................................................16
Operational Differences Between This RVU and G-series RVUs......................................................16
Investigating an H-Series RVU...................................................................................................17
System Console Requirements...................................................................................................17
Updating System Consoles (Optional)...................................................................................17
Using OSM With This RVU......................................................................................................18
OSM Server-Based Components..........................................................................................18
Migration Alert..................................................................................................................19
OSM Client-Based Components...........................................................................................19
Using DSM/SCM and NonStop Software Essentials With This RVU...............................................20
NonStop Software Essentials and This RVU............................................................................20
DSM/SCM and This RVU....................................................................................................20
DSM/SCM and Public DLLs.................................................................................................21
DSM/SCM and OSS..........................................................................................................21
Upgrading the NonStop Software Essentials Client.................................................................21
Upgrading the DSM/SCM Client (Planner Interface) and the T6031H02 PVU............................22
Summary of Software Installation Tasks.................................................................................22
Check or Alter the CONFTEXT File Before Installing This RVU SUT ...........................................23
Installing CLIM Software..........................................................................................................23
Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision .......................................................................................24
IPs That Become SUT Products on H-Series..................................................................................24
Managing Microcode and Firmware.........................................................................................25
Installation, Migration, and Fallback..........................................................................................25
2 Managing Microcode and Firmware...........................................................26
Managing Maintenance Entity (ME) Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware.........................................26
Updating ME Firmware.......................................................................................................27
Updating ME FPGA...........................................................................................................28
Managing NonStop Blade Complex Firmware............................................................................29
Updating Blade Complex Firmware for NS14000 Series Systems and NS16000 Series
Systems............................................................................................................................30
Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware....................................................................................33
Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware.............................................................36
Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware .............................................................................36
Managing CLIM Firmware.......................................................................................................36
3 Installation, Migration, and Fallback Considerations......................................38
H06.03.................................................................................................................................38
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