HP 9000 Model D390 HP Firmware Manager User's Guide - Page 3

Table of Contents About This Document...7 Intended Audience...7 Document Organization...7 Typographic Conventions...7 HP Encourages Your Comments...8 1 HP Firmware Manager (FM 9 HP FM Features and Benefits...9 HP FM Update Methods...9 Types of Updates...9 Downloading Firmware Packages...10 Subscribing to Receive Firmware Releases Notices Automatically 12 2 Updating Firmware Using HP OS Initiated Firmware Manager 13 Updating Firmware on an HP-UX System 13 Before Updating Firmware...13 Upgrading Firmware on an Entry-Class System 14 Upgrading Firmware on a Mid-Range or High-End System 15 Upgrading Firmware on the Complex 15 Upgrading Firmware on a Partition 16 Upgrading Firmware on a Partition Plus Unassigned Cells 17 Verifying the HP-UX Firmware Update 17 Updating Firmware on a Linux System...18 Before Updating Firmware...18 Upgrading Firmware...18 Verifying the Linux Firmware Update 19 Updating Firmware on a Windows System 20 Before Updating Firmware...20 Upgrading Firmware on an Entry-Class System 20 Upgrading Firmware on a Mid-Range or High-End System 22 Verifying the Windows Firmware Update 25 3 Updating Firmware Using HP Offline Firmware Manager 27 Creating a CD...27 Boot a System from a CD...27 Starting the Firmware Manager...27 Reviewing Release Notes...28 Selecting and Updating Firmware...29 Verifying the Update...31 Using HP OFM on Mid-Range and High-End Systems 32 Updating the Current Partition...33 Updating Different Partitions...33 Updating Unassigned Cells...33 Removing Power...33 Index...35 Table of Contents 3