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28 Updating Firmware Introduction Superdome 2 firmware update uses a smart analysis algorithm to assist and prevent disabling a Superdome 2 through bad firmware update application. Because there are still limitations in changing out firmware underneath a running partition (online OS instance), it is important to understand these limitations to minimize downtime in any given firmware update scenario. Superdome 2 firmware can, at the topmost level, be applied in two different manners; partition or complex. A variety of modifications can be made to both these applications to alter the firmware update in offline and online situations. Firmware update bundles All Superdome 2 platform firmware is contained in a single bundle. Firmware update commands for Superdome 2 generally process bundle updates targeted at the complex or a partition, but will also support updating IOXs and Server blades in situations where these components need to be updated so they can be added to a partition. Smart analysis Firmware update in Superdome 2 will not overwrite images that are already at the same revision as in the bundle being applied unless the REINSTALL flag is used. Mandates Superdome 2 firmware updates operate under two mandates which are implemented in an 'analysis' phase at the time of update. By understanding these mandates, downtime can be minimized for firmware update actions. The mandates are: • Never damage a running partition - any update action that could harm a partition either currently running (online) or prevent partition reboot will abort the update. • Never install firmware that is not intended for the hardware [board/FRU] - any update action that will incapacitate a board/FRU. Offline partition update Single partition update To target a firmware update to a single offline partition, use one of the following commands. Updating to a higher bundle revision oa> UPDATE NPARTITION Updating to a lower bundle revision oa> UPDATE NPARTITION FORCE Checking the Status of Bundle, no update occurs oa> UPDATE NPARTITION NOEXECUTE Overwriting a bundle of the same revision oa> UPDATE NPARTITION REINSTALL 176 Updating Firmware

Section	Page
HP Integrity Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator Command Line Interface User Guide	1
Contents	3
1 Accessing the CLI	11
Remotely accessing the Onboard Administrator	11
Locally accessing the Onboard Administrator	11
2 Command line	13
Command line overview	13
HP Integrity Superdome 2 Server Blade and Integrity server blade restrictions	13
Access level and privileges	13
Account authentication	15
3 General commands	17
CLEAR SCREEN	17
EXIT	17
HELP	17
LOGOUT	18
QUIT	18
4 Rack commands	19
SET RACK NAME	19
SHOW RACK NAME	19
SHOW TOPOLOGY	19
CONNECT ENCLOSURE	20
UPLOAD DEBUG	21
UPLOAD SYSLOG	21
5 User account commands	22
ADD USER	22
ASSIGN	22
ASSIGN OA	23
DISABLE USER	23
DISABLE STRONG PASSWORDS	23
ENABLE STRONG PASSWORDS	24
ENABLE USER	24
HISTORY	24
REMOVE USER	25
SET MINIMUM PASSWORD LENGTH	25
SET PASSWORD	25
SET SESSION TIMEOUT	26
SET USER ACCESS	26
SET USER CONTACT	26
SET USER FULLNAME	27
SET USER PASSWORD	27
SHOW PASSWORD SETTINGS	28
SHOW SESSION TIMEOUT	28
SHOW USER	28
SLEEP	29
UNASSIGN	29
UNASSIGN OA	30
6 Two-Factor Authentication commands	31
DISABLE CRL	31
DISABLE TWOFACTOR	31
DOWNLOAD CA CERTIFICATE	31
DOWNLOAD USER CERTIFICATE	32
REMOVE CA CERTIFICATE	32
REMOVE USER CERTIFICATE	32
SHOW CA CERTIFICATE	32
SHOW TWOFACTOR INFO	33
7 Directory commands	34
ADD LDAP CERTIFICATE	34
ADD LDAP GROUP	34
ASSIGN for LDAP	34
ASSIGN OA LDAP GROUP	35
DISABLE LDAP	35
DOWNLOAD LDAP CERTIFICATE	35
ENABLE LDAP	36
REMOVE LDAP CERTIFICATE	36
REMOVE LDAP GROUP	36
SET LDAP GROUP ACCESS	37
SET LDAP GROUP DESCRIPTION	37
SET LDAP NAME MAP	37
SET LDAP PORT	38
SET LDAP SEARCH	38
SET LDAP SERVER	38
SHOW LDAP CERTIFICATE	38
SHOW LDAP GROUP	39
SHOW LDAP INFO	39
TEST LDAP	40
UNASSIGN for LDAP	40
UNASSIGN OA LDAP GROUP	41
8 HP SIM commands	42
ADD HPSIM CERTIFICATE	42
DOWNLOAD HPSIM CERTIFICATE	42
REMOVE HPSIM CERTIFICATE	42
SET HPSIM TRUST MODE	43
SHOW HPSIM INFO	43
9 General management commands	44
DOWNLOAD OA CERTIFICATE	44
FORCE TAKEOVER	44
GENERATE CERTIFICATE	44
Generate certificate prompts	45
PING	45
SET DEVICE SERIAL_NUMBER BLADE	46
SET FACTORY	46
SET SCRIPT MODE	47
SHOW ALL	47
SHOW DEVICE SERIAL_NUMBER BLADE	48
SHOW INTERCONNECT SESSIONS	49
SHOW USER SESSIONS	49
10 Enclosure Bay IP Addressing commands	51
ADD EBIPA	51
DISABLE EBIPA	51
ENABLE EBIPA	51
REMOVE EBIPA	52
SET EBIPA	52
SHOW EBIPA	53
11 Enclosure network configuration commands	55
ADD OA DNS	55
ADD SNMP TRAPRECEIVER	55
ADD SSHKEY	55
ADD TRUSTED HOST	56
CLEAR SSHKEY	56
CLEAR VCMODE	56
DISABLE ALERTMAIL	57
DISABLE ENCLOSURE_IP_MODE	57
DISABLE HTTPS	57
DISABLE SECURESH	58
DISABLE SNMP	58
DISABLE TELNET	58
DISABLE TRUSTED HOST	59
DISABLE XMLREPLY	59
DISABLE WSMANAGEMENT	59
DOWNLOAD CONFIG	59
DOWNLOAD SSHKEY	60
ENABLE ALERTMAIL	60
ENABLE ENCLOSURE_IP_MODE	60
ENABLE HTTPS	61
ENABLE SECURESH	61
ENABLE SNMP	61
ENABLE TELNET	62
ENABLE TRUSTED HOST	62
ENABLE XMLREPLY	62
ENABLE WSMANAGEMENT	62
TEST WSMAN	63
REMOVE OA DNS	63
REMOVE SNMP TRAPRECEIVER	63
REMOVE TRUSTED HOST	64
SET ALERTMAIL MAILBOX	64
SET ALERTMAIL SENDERDOMAIN	64
SET ALERTMAIL SMTPSERVER	64
SET OA GATEWAY	65
SET OA NAME	65
SET OA UID	65
SET IPCONFIG	66
SET SNMP COMMUNITY	66
SET SNMP CONTACT	67
SET SNMP LOCATION	67
SHOW NETWORK	67
SHOW SNMP	69
SHOW SSHFINGERPRINT	69
SHOW SSHKEY	70
TEST ALERTMAIL	70
TEST SNMP	70
12 Enclosure management commands	71
CLEAR SYSLOG	71
DISABLE GUI_LOGIN_DETAIL	71
DISABLE LLF	71
ENABLE GUI_LOGIN_DETAIL	71
ENABLE LLF	72
POWEROFF XFABRIC	72
POWERON XFABRIC	72
RESTART OA	73
SET DISPLAY EVENTS	73
SET ENCLOSURE ASSET	73
SET ENCLOSURE NAME	74
SET ENCLOSURE PART_NUMBER	74
SET ENCLOSURE PDU_TYPE	74
SET ENCLOSURE SERIAL_NUMBER	75
SET ENCLOSURE UID	75
SET IOX UID	75
SET LLF INTERVAL	75
SET POWER MODE	76
SET POWER LIMIT	76
SET POWER SAVINGS	76
SET TIMEZONE	77
SHOW CONFIG	77
SHOW DATE	78
SHOW DISPLAY EVENTS	78
SHOW ENCLOSURE FAN	79
SHOW ENCLOSURE INFO	79
SHOW ENCLOSURE LCD	80
SHOW ENCLOSURE POWERSUPPLY	81
SHOW ENCLOSURE STATUS	82
SHOW ENCLOSURE TEMP	83
SHOW FRU	84
SHOW OA	86
SHOW OA CERTIFICATE	86
SHOW OA INFO	87
SHOW OA NETWORK	87
SHOW OA STATUS	88
SHOW POWER	88
SHOW SYSLOG	89
SHOW SYSLOG OA	90
SHOW VCMODE	91
UPLOAD CONFIG	91
13 Complex management commands	92
CLEAR NTP	92
DISABLE NTP	92
ENABLE NTP	92
RESTART COMPLEX	93
SET COMPLEX NAME	93
SET DATE	94
SET NTP PRIMARY	94
SET NTP SECONDARY	95
SHOW COMPLEX INFO	95
SHOW COMPLEX STATUS	96
14 Blade management commands	97
SET NIC	97
SET BLADE POWERDELAY	97
SET BLADE UID	97
SHOW BLADE INFO	98
SHOW BLADE LIST	99
SHOW BLADE NAMES	100
SHOW BLADE PORT MAP	100
SHOW BLADE POWERDELAY	101
SHOW BLADE STATUS	102
SHOW BLADE TEMP	103
15 IOX enclosure management commands	104
SHOW IOX INFO	104
SHOW IOX LIST	105
SHOW IOX POWER	105
SHOW IOX STATUS	106
16 Interconnect management commands	108
ASSIGN INTERCONNECT	108
CLEAR INTERCONNECT SESSION	108
CONNECT INTERCONNECT	108
POWEROFF INTERCONNECT	109
POWERON INTERCONNECT	109
RESTART INTERCONNECT	109
SET INTERCONNECT POWERDELAY	110
SET INTERCONNECT UID	110
SET XFM UID	110
SHOW GPSM INFO	111
SHOW GPSM STATUS	111
SHOW INTERCONNECT INFO	112
SHOW INTERCONNECT LIST	113
SHOW INTERCONNECT PORT MAP	114
SHOW INTERCONNECT POWERDELAY	114
SHOW INTERCONNECT STATUS	115
SHOW XFM INFO	115
SHOW XFM LIST	117
SHOW XFM STATUS	117
17 Enclosure DVD commands	119
SHOW DVD INFO	119
SHOW DVD STATUS	119
SET DVD UID	120
18 Remote syslog commands	121
DISABLE SYSLOG REMOTE	121
ENABLE SYSLOG REMOTE	121
SET REMOTE SYSLOG PORT	121
SET REMOTE SYSLOG SERVER	121
SHOW SYSLOG SETTINGS	122
TEST SYSLOG	122
Remote syslog example	122
19 USB support commands	123
DOWNLOAD CONFIG using USB key	123
SHOW USBKEY	123
UPLOAD CONFIG using USB key	124
20 iCAP commands	125
ICAPSTATUS	125
ICAPMODIFY	126
21 Partition commands	128
ASSIGN PARCON_ADMIN	128
UNASSIGN PARCON_ADMIN	128
ASSIGN PARTITION	128
UNASSIGN PARTITION	129
PARCREATE	129
PARMODIFY	132
PARREMOVE	135
PARSTATUS	135
POWEROFF PARTITION	139
POWERON PARTITION	139
REBOOT PARTITION	140
SET PARTITION DVD	140
SHOW PARTITION DVD	141
SHOW PARTITION INFO	142
TOC PARTITION	143
PARDEFAULT	143
PARPERM	144
VPARCREATE	145
VPARBOOT	146
VPARMODIFY	147
VPARRESET	148
VPARREMOVE	149
VPARSTATUS	150
22 Log viewer commands	152
CLEAR FPL	152
CLEAR SEL	152
CLEAR PARTITION CONSOLELOG	152
CONNECT PARTITION	153
SHOW FPL	153
SHOW LIVELOGS	153
SHOW PARTITION CONSOLELOG	153
SHOW SEL	154
23 Health Repository commands	155
ACQUIT	155
DECONFIGURE	155
DIMMERR	156
INDICT	157
SHOW ACQUIT	157
SHOW DECONFIG	158
SHOW HR	159
SHOW INDICT	159
SHOW for the HR	160
TEST CAMNET	161
TEST FABRIC	162
TEST CLOCKS	162
24 Core Analysis Engine commands	164
SHOW CAE	164
25 Error Logging Services commands	168
SHOW ERRDUMP	168
26 Debug commands	169
DISABLE OSDEBUGGER	169
ENABLE OSDEBUGGER	169
27 Firmware update commands	170
UPDATE SHOW	170
UPDATE SHOW FIRMWARE	171
UPDATE SHOW NPARTITION	171
SHOW INFO	172
UPDATE FIRMWARE	172
CLI UPDATE NPARTITION	174
Effects messages	175
28 Updating Firmware	176
Introduction	176
Offline partition update	176
Single partition update	176
All partitions update	177
Blade update	177
Warnings during update	177
Errors during update	177
Online complex firmware update on Superdome 2	177
Introduction	177
Services unavailable	178
Management Processor access	178
IPMI	178
Event logs	179
IPMI Watchdog	179
Partition ID	179
Console	179
System Firmware Services During Boot, Shutdown, etc.	180
Affected OS Commands	180
Network Services to OA	180
Frequently asked questions:	181
Known issues:	181
hpvminfo command qualifiers fail	182
Newly created HPVM guests cannot be started	182
Serviceguard Manager performance degradation and proxy errors	182
cimserver shutdown and startup fail	182
cimauth is unable to add authorizations	182
cprop command qualifiers fail	182
SMH is unable to query memory or enclosure information	182
setboot and related commands are unable to display or modify boot variables	182
wbemassist namespace error	182
par* and vpar* commands fail	183
Online partition update	183
Single partition update	183
All partitions update	183
Blade update	183
Errors during update	184
29 Archive Storage commands	185
SHOW ARCHIVE	185
CLEAR ARCHIVE	185
COPY	186
DOWNLOAD PARCONFIG	186
UPLOAD PARCONFIG	187
30 Legacy console commands	189
BO	189
CL	189
CO	189
FPL	190
PC/PE	190
RS	190
SEL	190
TC	191
31 Event notifications	192
Enclosure event notifications	192
Command line event notifications	192
32 Support and other resources	194
Before you contact HP	194
HP contact information	194
Subscription service	194
Documentation feedback	194
Installing HP Insight Remote Support Software	194
New and changed information in this edition	195
Related information	195
Typographic conventions	195
A Using event logs	197
Text search	197
Live viewer	197
FPL viewer	199
SEL viewer	200
Health Repository viewer	202
Indictment Records	202
Acquitting indictments	203
Viewing the list of indicted components	204
Viewing deconfigured components	204
Viewing indictment acquittals	205
Viewing recent service history	205
Physical Location installation and health history	205
Subcomponent isolation and deconfiguration displays	206
B Time zone settings	207
Universal time zone settings	207
Africa time zone settings	207
Americas time zone settings	208
Asia time zone settings	209
Oceanic time zone settings	210
Europe time zone settings	210
Polar time zone settings	211
Standard terms, abbreviations, and acronyms	212

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28 Updating Firmware

Introduction

Superdome 2 firmware update uses a smart analysis algorithm to assist and prevent disabling a

Superdome 2 through bad firmware update application.

Because there are still limitations in changing out firmware underneath a running partition (online

OS instance), it is important to understand these limitations to minimize downtime in any given

firmware update scenario.

Superdome 2 firmware can, at the topmost level, be applied in two different manners; partition or

complex. A variety of modifications can be made to both these applications to alter the firmware

update in offline and online situations.

Firmware update bundles

All Superdome 2 platform firmware is contained in a single bundle.

Firmware update commands for Superdome 2 generally process bundle updates targeted at the

complex or a partition, but will also support updating IOXs and Server blades in situations where

these components need to be updated so they can be added to a partition.

Smart analysis

Firmware update in Superdome 2 will not overwrite images that are already at the same revision

as in the bundle being applied unless the

REINSTALL

flag is used.

Mandates

Superdome 2 firmware updates operate under two mandates which are implemented in an ‘analysis’

phase at the time of update. By understanding these mandates, downtime can be minimized for

firmware update actions. The mandates are:

•

Never damage a running partition – any update action that could harm a partition either

currently running (online) or prevent partition reboot will abort the update.

•

Never install firmware that is not intended for the hardware [board/FRU] – any update action

that will incapacitate a board/FRU.

Offline partition update

Single partition update

To target a firmware update to a single offline partition, use one of the following commands.

Updating to a higher bundle revision

oa> UPDATE NPARTITION <

nPar name or number

> <

uri

Updating to a lower bundle revision

oa> UPDATE NPARTITION <

nPar name or number

> <

uri

> FORCE

Checking the Status of Bundle, no update occurs

oa> UPDATE NPARTITION <

nPar name or number

> <

uri

> NOEXECUTE

Overwriting a bundle of the same revision

oa> UPDATE NPARTITION <

nPar name or number

> <

uri

> REINSTALL

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