H06.25 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
What This Guide Does Not Cover............................................................................................11
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................12
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................12
Related Information.................................................................................................................13
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 NonStop System Console Software (Optional).........................................................16
Using OSM With This RVU......................................................................................................16
OSM Server-Based Component............................................................................................16
OSM Client-Based Components...........................................................................................17
Using DSM/SCM and NonStop Software Essentials With This RVU...............................................17
NonStop Software Essentials and This RVU............................................................................17
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
Installing CLIM Software..........................................................................................................21
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..........................................................................................23
Perform an RVU Upgrade on a Node........................................................................................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.............................................................34
Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware .............................................................................34
Managing CLIM Firmware.......................................................................................................34
3 Installation, Migration, and Fallback Considerations......................................36
H06.03.................................................................................................................................36
Kernel-Managed Swap File (KMSF)......................................................................................36
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