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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Installing Software and Firmware

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Cluster Monitor
»Command Line Tools
»Creating New Command Line Tools
»Custom Commands
»Configuring DMI Access
»Configuring SNMP Access
»Device Ping
»Disk Thresholds
»License Manager
»Management Processor Tools
»Managing MIBs
»Installing OpenSSH
»PMP Tools
»Removing and Restoring Tools
»Replicate Agent Settings
»RPM Package Manager
»Server Migration Pack
»System Management Homepage
»System Page
»Version Control
»About the Version Control Agent
»About the Version Control Repository Manager
»About Integration
»About Software Repositories
»About Multiple System Management
»Accessing the Version Control Agent
»Accessing the Version Control Repository Manager
»Version Control Status Icons
Installing Software and Firmware
»Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install
»Virtual Machine Management Pack
»WBEM Based Tools
»Available MSA Tools
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Firmware Deployment to Switches
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

To update managed servers with the most current software, HP SIM provides software update capabilities that use the HP Version Control Agent (VCA) and HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM).

Automated software updates through HP SIM have the following restrictions:

  • Updates can be performed only on ProLiant servers that have the VCA installed and trust the HP SIM server. The Install Software and Firmware feature can only be used with third-party systems running the VCA.

    Note: Refer to Networking and Security - Trusted Certificates for information regarding trust relationships. After the trust relationship is established, click Last Update to update the display to trusted.

  • Updates require ProLiant Support Pack or components, version 5.3 or later. The Install Software and Firmware feature does not support third-party software.

  • Updates are supported on Linux, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

  • Updates cannot be made on the CMS

To install software and firmware:

  1. Select DeployDeploy Drivers, Firmware and AgentsInstall Software and Firmware. The Install Software and Firmware page appears.

  2. Select target systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.

  3. Click [Next].

  4. Under Select Items to Install, select the repository from which to retrieve the catalog.

    Note: This section only displays systems that are authorized by the current user name.

  5. Under Contents of selected version control repository, click the expand tree icon icon to drill down and view the contents of the Version Control Repository that you selected.

    Note: To expand the tree to display all contents, click the expand menu icon icon located in the upper left corner of the Contents of selected Version Control Repository section. Click the collapse menu icon icon to collapse the listings.

    Select the components you want to install.

  6. Click [Next].

    The Select Install Options section appears.

  7. The items are installed in the order in which they are listed. To reorder the items,

    1. Select the item to reorder, and click [Move Up] to advance the item up.

      or

    2. Click [Move Down] to move the item down.

  8. Select Force downgrade or re-install if necessary if you are installing software that is older than or the same as the version currently installed. This option is disabled by default.

  9. Select Bring systems to full power before install if you want to bring systems to full power before the installation. If this option is not selected, the installation is attempted and might fail because the system was not running at full power.

    Note: The targeted system must support Magic Pocket technology to be brought to full power.

    If selected, the target systems are brought to full power before the install is selected.

  10. By default, Reboot systems if necessary after successful install is selected. You can deselect this option if you do not want to reboot after the installation. However, the successful task status indicates that a reboot is required to complete the update.

  11. Click [Schedule] to configure a time for the update to occur. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Scheduling a Task for more information on scheduling the task. Click [Previous] to return to the previous screen, or click [Run Now] to immediately install the software.

    If you click [Schedule], the Schedule Task section appears.

Firmware Deployment to Switches

When deploying firmware to switches, verify that:

  • When updated HP switch firmware, only switch devices and a single switch firmware component are selected.

  • That the switch firmware image version always matches the switch firmware boot image.

  • Some of the older switch components do not generate a log file. The switch update status can be found by running the ProLiant Interconnect Switch Upgrade tool. This tool is installed automatically as part of an Install Software/Firmware Task to a switch device.

Related Procedures

» Managing with Tasks - Scheduling a Task
» Managing with Tasks - Task Results List

Related Topics

» Tools that Extend Management - Version Control
» Server Certificates - Replicating Trusted Certificates