HP Storage Platform Firmware Management Tool for StoreAll User Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................................7

Installation...............................................................................................................................7

Logging...................................................................................................................................7

Definitions...............................................................................................................................8

2 Firmware update strategy............................................................................9

Firmware recipe........................................................................................................................9

Component categorization.........................................................................................................9

Supported update scenarios for all component types.....................................................................9

StoreAll 9730 firmware.......................................................................................................10

IBRIX X9720 firmware.........................................................................................................11

StoreAll 8800/8200 firmware.............................................................................................13

StoreAll 9320/9300 firmware.............................................................................................13

3 Command reference.................................................................................16

Basic syntax...........................................................................................................................16

Command syntax....................................................................................................................16

Basic subcommands................................................................................................................16

Command options..................................................................................................................17

Command option descriptions..................................................................................................17

CLI exit status codes ...............................................................................................................18

Obtaining help......................................................................................................................19

Displaying the FMT version......................................................................................................19

4 StoreAll 8800 and 8200 FMT command reference and examples...................20

Listing supported components...................................................................................................20

Discovering the active firmware versions....................................................................................20

All components..................................................................................................................21

By category (server/storage)...............................................................................................22

Single component..............................................................................................................23

Set of components.............................................................................................................23

Obtaining the update (flash) recommendation............................................................................24

All components..................................................................................................................24

By category (server/storage)...............................................................................................25

Single component..............................................................................................................25

Set of components.............................................................................................................26

Updating firmware .................................................................................................................26

Recommended process for updating a component's firmware..................................................27

Server components.............................................................................................................27

BIOS...........................................................................................................................28

Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)..............................................................................................28

Embedded network adapter...........................................................................................28

Power management controller.........................................................................................29

Embedded smart array controller ...................................................................................29

Storage controller..........................................................................................................30

All server components....................................................................................................31

StoreAll 8800 storage components......................................................................................33

Storage enclosure I/O module........................................................................................33

Storage enclosure hard disk drives..................................................................................34

5 StoreAll 9730 and IBRIX X9720 FMT command reference and examples.........36

Listing supported components...................................................................................................36

Discovering the active firmware versions....................................................................................37

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