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2. Gather information about the servers and targets you want to update. a. Gather IP addresses for the OA, VC, iLO, and at least one NIC in each server. b. Run a VCSU health check for all VC modules to make sure the VCs are in a good health state and you can apply updates to them. c. Run HP SUM with the /report and /firmware_report options using the gathered OA, VC, iLO, and server IP addresses. HP SUM generates a report of the currently installed firmware versions, and which updates are required. The report does not generate information for offline targets or components. NOTE: You can run the reports from the HP SUM GUI using HP SUM 5.0.0 and later. NOTE: If you use the command /installed_report, HP SUM will automatically install the updates and generates a report that displays the results of the installation. This is the only report that installs updates before generating the report. 3. Determine the installation order for the updates. For more information, see "OA Installation order" (page 34). 4. Schedule a phased update approach. You might have to perform partial updates to the enclosure if you cannot update all servers at once. Even if you need to perform partial updates, maintain the installation order. 5. Perform the update. 6. Review the results and log files from the update to ensure the updates completed correctly. 7. Use HP SUM to generate a report of the current firmware. Use this as a record of what you installed. If there are problems after the update, you can use this report along with the reports you generated earlier to determine what you updated. Updating firmware for distributed corporate environments 1. Download your updates. For more information, see "Downloading the updates" (page 9). 2. Gather IP addresses for the OA, VC, iLO, and at least one NIC in each target. 3. Run a VCSU health check for all VC modules to make sure the VCs are in a good health state and you can apply updates to them. 4. Run HP SUM with the /report and /firmware_report options using the gathered OA, VC, iLO, and server IP addresses. HP SUM builds a report of the currently installed firmware versions, and which updates are required. The report does not generate information for offline targets or components. NOTE: You can run the reports from the HP SUM GUI using HP SUM 5.0.0 and later. NOTE: If you use the command /installed_report, HP SUM will automatically install the updates and generates a report that displays the results of the installation. This is the only report that installs updates before generating the report. 10 Deploying firmware

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2.
Gather information about the servers and targets you want to update.
a.
Gather IP addresses for the OA, VC, iLO, and at least one NIC in each server.
b.
Run a VCSU health check for all VC modules to make sure the VCs are in a good health
state and you can apply updates to them.
c.
Run HP SUM with the
/report
and
/firmware_report
options using the gathered
OA, VC, iLO, and server IP addresses. HP SUM generates a report of the currently installed
firmware versions, and which updates are required. The report does not generate
information for offline targets or components.
NOTE:
You can run the reports from the HP SUM GUI using HP SUM 5.0.0 and later.
NOTE:
If you use the command
/installed_report
, HP SUM will automatically
install the updates and generates a report that displays the results of the installation. This
is the only report that installs updates before generating the report.
3.
Determine the installation order for the updates. For more information, see
“OA Installation
order” (page 34)
.
4.
Schedule a phased update approach. You might have to perform partial updates to the
enclosure if you cannot update all servers at once. Even if you need to perform partial updates,
maintain the installation order.
5.
Perform the update.
6.
Review the results and log files from the update to ensure the updates completed correctly.
7.
Use HP SUM to generate a report of the current firmware. Use this as a record of what you
installed. If there are problems after the update, you can use this report along with the reports
you generated earlier to determine what you updated.
Updating firmware for distributed corporate environments
1.
Download your updates. For more information, see
“Downloading the updates” (page 9)
.
2.
Gather IP addresses for the OA, VC, iLO, and at least one NIC in each target.
3.
Run a VCSU health check for all VC modules to make sure the VCs are in a good health state
and you can apply updates to them.
4.
Run HP SUM with the
/report
and
/firmware_report
options using the gathered OA,
VC, iLO, and server IP addresses. HP SUM builds a report of the currently installed firmware
versions, and which updates are required. The report does not generate information for offline
targets or components.
NOTE:
You can run the reports from the HP SUM GUI using HP SUM 5.0.0 and later.
NOTE:
If you use the command
/installed_report
, HP SUM will automatically install
the updates and generates a report that displays the results of the installation. This is the only
report that installs updates before generating the report.
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