Management Processor Card Firmware Upgrade Product Update - HP integrity rx2600 and HP integrity rx5670

Management Processor Card Firmware Upgrade

Unpacking the Firmware

Chapter 2

Unpacking the Firmware

Before unpacking this upgrade, verify that the MP Firmware version is at E.02.10 or above and that the FTP

server is available. Instructions are provided for unpacking the firmware on HP UX /Linux Red Hat and

Windows systems.

Unpacking the Firmware on an HP UX /Linux Red Hat System

To unpack the firmware on an HP-UX system, complete the following steps:

Step 1. FTP the compressed file to an empty directory on an FTP server.

Step 2. Use gunzip to unzip the patchgunzip compressed file.

Step 3. Use the tar command to extract the firmware files. # tar -xvf *tar

x E0222.bin, 2453880 bytes, 4793 tape blocks

x Resources.out, 858965 bytes, 1678 tape blocks

x mp_upg.cnf, 201 bytes, 1 tape blocks

x version.dat, 16 bytes, 1 tape blocks

Step 4. Verify the checksum of the files by using the cksum command. Results of the command should be

equal to the shown output example.

# cksum *

1071770454 2453880 E0222.bin

271796263 858965 Resources.out

1334918069 201 mp_upg.cnf

397171541 16 version.dat

Unpacking the Firmware on a Windows System

The procedure describes unpacking the files with WinZip. WinZip may be downloaded from www.winzip.com.

To unpack the files on a Windows based system, complete the following steps:

Step 1. Save the compressed file to an empty directory on an FTP server.

Step 2. Unzip the compressed file by double clicking on the saved file.

Step 3. When the archive contains one file, use WinZip to decompress it to a temporary folder.

Step 4. Open the file by clicking Yes.

Step 5. Extract the files by selecting Actions|Extract.

Step 6. In the Extract dialog box, specify the extract-to location, then click Extract.

Establishing the Network Connection

After downloading and extracting the files, connect to the FTP server to establish a telnet session with the

Management Processor. Before updating the firmware, test the FTP server connection to ensure its validity

and integrity before using it to perform the update.

To test the network connection to the FTP server, complete the following steps: