TITLE: HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator

VERSION: 4.20 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the firmware image file for the HP PC Blade Enclosure 
Integrated Administrator. The Integrated Administrator provides management 
capabilities for the Enclosure. This firmware is not loaded on the HP Blade PC. 


NOTE: The HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator firmware v4.20 adds 
support for the HP bc2000 Blade PC and the HP bc2500 Blade PC and continues to 
support the HP bc1000 Blade PC and the HP bc1500 Blade PC. The included 
readme.txt file contains information about the fixes and enhancements provided 
in v4.20 and provides instructions for installing the firmware on HP PC Blade 
Enclosure. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP38685
SUPERSEDES: sp32649
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 2008
CATEGORY: Firmware
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP bc1000: All Models
HP bc1500 Blade PC: All Models
HP bc2000 Blade PC: All Models
HP bc2500 Blade PC: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Adds CPU identification support for the HP bc2000 and bc2500 Blade PCs.
- Provides power usage reporting via the IA Command Line Interface (CLI) and 
the IA Web interface.
- Provides SOAP interface for supporting power reporting and control, as well 
as informational and status reporting for the enclosure and blades.
- Enables support for the HP Session Allocation Manager (SAM) through a native 
SAM user account with Administrator privileges (default = disabled).
- Improves diagnostic support for the HP bc2000 and bc2500 Blade PCs through 
the CLI, GUI, Alert-mail, SNMP, and the enclosure system log.
- Provides commands via the CLI and GUI for policy control over the display of 
system log and event messages.
- Enhances SNMP support by providing support for HP-specific CPQRACK MIB (ver. 
1.8) and new blade health SNMP traps.
- Provides additional blade information - BMC flashing indication and BMC 
revision reporting.

PREREQUISITES: 
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive. 

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 

3. Place the firmware image file (cpqia420.bin) on an FTP, HTTP, or TFTP server 
that is network-accessible from the Integrated Administrator to be updated. 

4. Using Telnet, SecureSH, or a serial terminal, login as the Administrator on 
the Integrated Administrator to be updated. 

5. At the ''>'' prompt, type the following command: 
UPDATE IMAGE < url > 

Where < url > can be any of the following items:
- http://host/path ftp://host/path
- ftp://username:password@host/path 
- tftp://host/path

NOTE: In the previously listed items, "host" is a fully qualified domain name 
or IP address, and "path" is the pathname of the flash image to download, 
usually cpqia420.bin.

CAUTION: Do not Power Off or reset the enclosure during Step 6. 

6. Type "yes" to confirm the flash update operation. The Integrated 
Administrator prompts all users to log off, waits one minute, and then 
downloads the image file, verifies the image file, and finally re-programs the 
flash memory. If the flash programming process is successful, the Integrated 
Administrator automatically restarts (reboots). 

NOTE: The Integrated Administrator firmware update process (including a 
restart) does not affect the operation of any blades that may be running within 
the enclosure.  Upgrading the Integrated Administrator firmware requires an IA 
restart which causes the IA to lose access to some blade information  (such as 
blade name, MAC addresses, processor type, memory, and so forth) until the next 
time each blade is rebooted.


NOTE: For additional information, see the user guide for the Integrated 
Administrator, which may found on http://www.hp.com/support and search for PC 
BL Enclosure.


Copyright (c) 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.