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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2.1 Internal (Tekelec) .............................................................................................................................. 3
1.3 ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 TERMINOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................... 3
2.0 CONTENT .................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 FIRMWARE BASELINES AND EXCEPTIONS ................................................................................................... 5
2.2 HP SOLUTIONS FIRMWARE UPGRADE PACK CONTENT................................................................................ 5
2.2.1 ISO Check Sums ................................................................................................................................ 5
2.2.2 Documentation .................................................................................................................................. 5
2.3 HP SOLUTIONS FIRMWARE COMPONENTS UPGRADED ................................................................................ 6
2.3.1 HP ProLiant Server Firmware Components ...................................................................................... 6
2.3.2 HP Misc Solution Firmware Components .......................................................................................... 8
2.3.3 HP Errata Firmware Components ..................................................................................................... 9
2.3.4 MIB Files ........................................................................................................................................ 10
3.0 UPGRADE ORDER ................................................................................................................................. 11
3.1 RECOMMENDED ORDER OF FIRMWARE UPGRADES ................................................................................... 11
3.2 IMPORTANT RULES ON SIMULTANEOUS FIRMWARE UPGRADES................................................................. 11
4.0 COMPATIBILITY ................................................................................................................................... 12
4.1 WITH TEKELEC APPLICATION SOFTWARE................................................................................................. 12
4.2 FIRMWARE VERSION RESTRICTIONS ......................................................................................................... 12
4.3 FIXED PROBLEM REPORTS ....................................................................................................................... 12
4.4 KNOWN ISSUES ........................................................................................................................................ 13
5.0 ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................................ 15
5.1 ADDITIONAL FIRMWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION................................................................. 15
APPENDIX A. ACCESSING TEKELEC’S CUSTOMER CARE SITE ...................................................... 16
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This document describes the content of the specified HP Solutions Firmware Upgrade Pack release. It describes new
functionalities, PRs fixed, known issues, and any additional installation and configuration instructions required,
relative to the specified release.
1.2 REFERENCES
1.3 ACRONYMS
Table 1. Acronyms
BIOS Basic Input Output System
DVD Optical disk that stores data
FC Fiber Channel
GPS Global Product Solutions
HP Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
iLO Integrated Lights-Out
IOS Internetwork Operating System
IP Internet Protocol
IPM Initial Product Manufacture
ISO ISO 9660 file system (when used in the context of this document)
MOP Method of Procedure
MSA Modular Smart Array
OA Onboard Administrator
POST Power On Self-Test
PR Problem Report
RMS Rack Mount Server
ROM Read Only Memory
SAN Storage Area Network
SAS Serial attached SCSI
SPP Service Pack for ProLiant
TPD Tekelec Platform Distribution
UI User Interface
1.4 TERMINOLOGY
Table 2. Terminology
Firmware Coded instructions and data programmed directly into the circuitry of read-only
memory for controlling the operation of the server or one of its devices.
BladeSystem The HP c-Class BladeSystem which refers to the c7000 enclosure and all of its
contained server and storage blades, including its management software and
firmware.
Upgrade The process of converting an HP hardware component from its current firmware
release to a newer release.
2.0 CONTENT
Firmware packages in this document have a specified “Minimum Supported Version” and “Current Approved
Version.” The Current Approved Version is the version currently provided by Tekelec. Systems should be upgraded
to at least the Minimum Supported Version where the presently-installed firmware is of an earlier version. In some
cases, versions newer than the Current Approved Version may be available. While installing these newer versions
is typically acceptable, there are several known incompatibilities that should be considered. Please consult all
footnotes, the Compatibility section, and the Additional Instructions for further details on these known
incompatibilities.
This release of the HP Solutions Firmware Upgrade Pack contains the following media and documentation items:
Media Name
ISO File ISO Checksum
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ISO 2.2.5
872-2488-106-2.2.5_10.37.0-FW_SPP.iso c25beedb09375a23077bd32301a81014
HP Misc Firmware ISO 2.2.5
872-2161-118-2.2.5_10.36.0-FW_MISC.iso 7f59ac45e44db769a07465dd3b2f201a
2.2.2 Documentation
The Table below lists the documentation content with this release.
Documentation Part #
HP Solutions Firmware Upgrade Pack, Upgrade Procedures 2.2, Rev D 909-2234-001
HP Solutions Firmware Upgrade Pack Release Notes (this document) 910-6929-001
1
These are the firmware versions contained in this release.
2
This firmware version requires the installation of Firmware Errata ID CP012567.
3
These are the firmware versions contained in this release.
4
All files are located off the root of the DVD/ISO in the /files directory
5
This firmware version is included in the "Current Approved FW Version" of the OA firmware for use with PM&C
4.x and greater. If the OA firmware is at newer version than specified, the available firmware version for the 1Gb
Ethernet Pass-Thru Module may be newer than listed here and is ok to upgrade to.
6
See PR 231085 in Section 4.4 Known Issues.
7
This is the only supported firmware version. If a switch is below this version, upgrade it. If a switch is above this
version, downgrade it.
8
There is no file included for these PROM versions as they are the first supported PROM version for their particular
switch from CISCO. Because of this all switches will be at least at the specified version.
9
This firmware version requires that OA firmware version 3.70 or greater is already installed before a 3020
upgrade.
HP
Errata ID Scope Chainable? Description / Comments
Advisory #
This is iLO 2 firmware version 1.82 to
downgrade to after running HP SPP
upgrade to avoid an incompatibility
ProLiant G5 servers issue between TPD 3.3.x and iLO 2
CP012567 N/A N/A
running TPD 3.3.x firmware versions 2.0x. This must be
applied immediately after a HP SPP
upgrade for any server running TPD
3.3.x.
* All errata items are in subdirectories located off the root of the DVD/ISO in the /errata directory
The following is the recommended order of firmware upgrades to reduce possible issues during the process of
upgrading a system's firmware.
1. 4948, 4948E, and 4948E-F switches.
2. Onboard Administrator (OA).
3. 1Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Modules.
4. Cisco 3020, HP 6125G, HP 6120XG, and Brocade SAN enclosure switches.
5. BL460 and BL620 blade servers.
6. P2000 and MSA2012fc external storage controllers.
7. D2700 enclosure cascaded from a P2000.
8. DL380, DL360, and ML350 rack mount servers.
NOTE: While it is recommended that rack mount servers be upgraded last, it should be fine to upgrade them at any
point while adhering to the rules in the next section as they are not as reliant on other components as the rest of the
hardware on the list.
Below are important rules to follow when attempting to upgrade more than one type of hardware at a time.
When upgrading any firmware component do not simultaneously upgrade any network hardware between
you and the component being upgraded.
Do not upgrade anything else when upgrading 4948, 4948E, and 4948E-F switches.
Do not upgrade anything else within the c7000 enclosure when upgrading Cisco 3020, HP6125G, HP
6120XG, and Brocade SAN enclosure switches.
When upgrading an Onboard Administrator (OA) do not upgrade anything else within the c7000 enclosure.
4.0 COMPATIBILITY
All HP Gen8 servers require either TPD 5.1.0 or TPD 6.0.0 build 80.20 or higher (eg. TPD 6.0.0-80.20.0) when
installing TPD and this firmware release. (see PR 217506 in the Known Issues section below)
Otherwise, this release is compatible with any Tekelec application software hosted on Tekelec-supported HP
G5/G6/Gen8 DL360/DL380, BL460c G1/G5/G7/Gen8, BL620c G7, or HP BladeSystem solution.
This table includes all conditional restrictions on firmware versions. If a system meets the condition, such as having
TPD 3.3.x installed, then the listed component must comply with the version restrictions. For more information, read
the description or reference the listed problem report (“PR”) number.
PR Condition Component Version Description
200827 TPD 3.3.x iLO 2 1.82 maximum iLO2 firmware versions 2.0x are incompatible with
TPD 3.3.x. Errata ID CP012567 is the current work
around for this issue.
210683 PM&C version ≤ OA 3.31 maximum HP OA Firmware version 3.5 or higher is
3.2.x incompatible with older PM&C versions resulting in
an inability to IPM enclosure blades.
The following are additional installation and configuration instructions for this release outside of the
procedures documented in the HP Solutions Firmware Upgrade Pack, Upgrade Procedures document,
reference [1].
Do not attempt to perform upgrades where firmware may be transmitted over slow and/or unreliable connections.
This can cause failures and timeouts.
For SDS RMS systems running TPD 5.x with no PM&C and using NetConfig on the Mansgement Servers: If
upgrading Cisco 4948, 4948E, or 4948E-F switch PROM firmware, then the following change to the “Upgrade
Cisco 4948, 4948E, and 4948E-F PROM Firmware (NetConfig)” procedure must be made for upgrading the
second 4948 series switch (Switch1B)::
o On Step 10, when upgrading Switch1B, the following should be used for the first command of Step 10:
/usr/bin/console -M <mgmt_server_B_IP> -l platcfg <switch1B_console_name>
All Gen8 servers (RMS and Blades) require TPD or TVOE build 80.20 or higher (eg. TPD 6.0.0-80.20.0 or TVOE
2.0.0_80.20.0) when using TPD 6.0 or TVOE 2.0 and this firmware release. Do not apply this firmware release
to a server using an earlier build of TPD 6.0 or TVOE 2.0. This prevents an issue where the server will not
reboot/shutdown and display an error message reading “INFO: task reboot:XXXX blocked...”.
On DL360 and DL380 G5 servers running TPD 3.3.x, the iLO2 firmware must be immediately downgraded
following an HP SPP upgrade. See Errata ID CP012567 in Section 2.3.3.
When upgrading a Cisco 3020 switch, the OA must first be upgraded to firmware version 3.70 or newer.