H06.27 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Contents
About This Document...................................................................................12
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)................................................................................12
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................12
New and Changed Information in This Edition............................................................................12
What This Guide Does Not Cover............................................................................................12
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................13
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................13
Related Information.................................................................................................................13
Publishing History...................................................................................................................14
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................14
1 Overview of Installing This RVU..................................................................15
SUT on DVD..........................................................................................................................15
CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) Software for This RVU.......................................................................15
Disk Space Requirements.........................................................................................................15
Operational Differences Between This RVU and G-series RVUs......................................................15
Investigating an H-Series RVU...................................................................................................16
System Console Requirements...................................................................................................16
Updating NonStop System Console Software (Optional).........................................................17
Using OSM With This RVU......................................................................................................17
OSM Server-Based Component............................................................................................17
OSM Client-Based Components...........................................................................................18
Using DSM/SCM and NonStop Software Essentials With This RVU...............................................18
NonStop Software Essentials and This RVU............................................................................18
DSM/SCM and This RVU....................................................................................................19
DSM/SCM and Public DLLs.................................................................................................20
DSM/SCM and OSS..........................................................................................................20
Upgrading the NonStop Software Essentials Client.................................................................20
Upgrading the DSM/SCM Client (Planner Interface) and the T6031H02 PVU............................21
Summary of Software Installation Tasks.................................................................................21
Check or Alter the CONFTEXT File Before Installing This RVU SUT ...........................................22
Installing CLIM Software..........................................................................................................22
Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision........................................................................................22
IPs That Become SUT Products on H-Series..................................................................................23
Managing Microcode and Firmware.........................................................................................23
Installation, Migration, and Fallback..........................................................................................24
Perform an RVU Upgrade on a Node........................................................................................24
2 Managing Microcode and Firmware...........................................................25
Managing Maintenance Entity (ME) Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware.........................................25
Updating ME Firmware.......................................................................................................26
Updating ME FPGA...........................................................................................................27
Managing NonStop Blade Complex Firmware............................................................................28
Updating Blade Complex Firmware for NS14000 Series Systems and NS16000 Series
Systems............................................................................................................................29
Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware....................................................................................32
Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware.............................................................35
Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware .............................................................................35
Managing CLIM Firmware.......................................................................................................35
3 Installation, Migration, and Fallback Considerations......................................37
H06.03.................................................................................................................................37
Kernel-Managed Swap File (KMSF)......................................................................................37
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