HP Storage Platform Firmware Management Tool for StoreAll User Guide

If the flash recommendation for a component is NONE or DOWNGRADE, executing the --flash
subcommand without any options does not perform a firmware update because the component’s
active firmware is either up-to-date (for NONE) or is newer than the tool-qualified version (for
DOWNGRADE). In these cases, you can use the --force option to force the firmware update or
downgrade of the component to the qualified firmware version. You can only use the --force
option when updating the firmware of a single component. The --force option cannot be used
when updating a set of components or a category of components.
Recommended process for updating a component's firmware
1. Obtain a flash update recommendation for the component using the -fr or --flashrec
command option. For any component, the firmware update task is closely associated with the
flash recommendation task. Therefore, it is always a best practice to run the flash
recommendation task before performing the firmware update task.
2. Depending on the update recommendation, do one of the following:
• If the proposed action of the flash recommendation is UPGRADE and the severity is
MANDATORY, go to step 3.
• If the proposed action is UPGRADE and the severity is RECOMMENDED, you can
optionally perform step 3. However, HP recommends that you perform step 3 for better
performance.
• If the proposed action is NONE or DOWNGRADE and the severity is MANDATORY,
go to step 4.
• If the proposed action is NONE or DOWNGRADE and the severity is RECOMMENDED,
you can optionally perform step 4.
3. Enter the following command to update the firmware of a component: #hpsp_fmt --flash
-c <component name>. Then go to step 5.
4. Perform the flash operation with the —force option (—flash –c <components-name>
--force).
5. After the firmware has been successfully updated, if the status from the flash update operation
displays Success (Reboot Pending), reboot the node to activate the component’s
updated firmware.
You can defer the reboot operation if you want to update the firmware on other components
first.
NOTE: For some components in the StoreAll 8800 and 8200, prequisites must be addressed
before performing a firmware update. The FMT lists the prerequisites and prompts for the
user’s confirmation that prerequisites have been addressed before performing the update.
The following sections show examples of updating firmware on each supported component
on the StoreAll 8800 and 8200 platforms. The examples assume the flash update
recommendation subcommand (in step 1) has already been executed.
Server components
This section contains example updates of the following:
• “BIOS” (page 28)
• “Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)” (page 28)
• “Embedded network adapter” (page 28)
• “Power management controller” (page 29)
• “Embedded smart array controller ” (page 29)
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