H06.27 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

2 Managing Microcode and Firmware
NOTE: Trained HP service providers will update the firmware when they install any
field-replaceable units (FRUs). Firmware, unless otherwise noted, is considered customer-updateable.
You must manage all microcode and firmware within your system properly, ensuring compatible
versions are installed. Failure to do so can result in a wide range of system problems, from
intermittent faults to partial or complete system outages. Carefully review the NonStop Firmware
Matrices document, located in the Service and maintenance information section of the HP Integrity
NonStop Service Information collection of the NonStop Technical Library at http://www.hp.com/
go/nonstop-docs.
OSM displays firmware version information, including file names and a Compare State attribute,
which compares the current version against the default or available version. Outside of OSM, you
can use the FILEINFO command to see firmware files.
Enter this FILEINFO command, if you are connected to a NonStop S-series server, to check for
location and file information for CPUCODE and SPCODE:
$SYSTEM STARTUP 7> FILEINFO $SYSTEM.SYS*.*CODE*
Enter this FILEINFO command to check for location and file information for the HSS firmware:
$SYSTEM STARTUP 7> FILEINFO $SYSTEM.SYS*.*FIRM*
Enter this FILEINFO command to check for location and file information for other firmware, such
as ServerNet Clustering:
$SYSTEM STARTUP 7> FILEINFO $SYSTEM.SYS??.M????
These topics give the firmware file names and locations and describe how to upgrade SUT-based
firmware. For firmware levels, see the NonStop Firmware Matrices document.
• “Managing Maintenance Entity (ME) Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware”
• “Managing NonStop Blade Complex Firmware”
• “Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware”
• “Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware”
• “Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware ”
• “Managing CLIM Firmware”
For minimum firmware levels associated with RVUs, see the NonStop Firmware Matrices document,
located in the Service and maintenance information section of the HP Integrity NonStop Service
Information collection of the NonStop Technical Library at www.hp.com/go/nonstop-docs.
Managing Maintenance Entity (ME) Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware
There is maintenance entity (ME) firmware on the ServerNet Switch Boards located in both processor
switch and I/O adapter modules (IOAMs), and on VIO logic boards located in VIO enclosures.
Depending on your system type, the system has ME firmware in processor switches, I/O adapter
modules (IOAMs), or VIO enclosures. The ME firmware and ME Field Programmable Gate Array
(FPGA) should be the same for all processor switches and IOAMs in your system. ME firmware
and ME FPGA versions will be different for VIO modules (see Table 2 and Table 3), but all VIO
modules in your system should also have consistent versions. ME firmware and ME FPGA can be
checked and, if necessary, updated from either the OSM Service connection or the Low-Level Link.
The following sections describe how to update ME firmware using the OSM Service Connection:
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