HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual page 124

DEACTIVE state
Patches in the DEACTIVE state have been loaded to the memory patch area but have not yet run in the
system. Suppose that there are seven patches in the patch file to be loaded. After the seven patches
successfully pass the version check and CRC check, they are loaded to the memory patch area and are
in the DEACTIVE state. At this time, the patch states in the system are as shown in
Figure 43 A patch file is loaded to the memory patch area
ACTIVE state
Patches in the ACTIVE state have run temporarily in the system and become DEACTIVE after system
reboot. For the seven patches in
DEACTIVE to ACTIVE. The patch states in the system are as shown in
The patches that are in the ACTIVE state are in the DEACTIVE state after system reboot.
Figure 44 Patches are activated
RUNNING state
After you confirm the ACTIVE patches are running, the state of the patches changes to RUNNING and
the patches are in the RUNNING state after system reboot. If you confirm the first three patches are
running, for the five patches in
states of the system are shown in
The patches that are in the RUNNING state are still in the RUNNING state after system reboot.
Figure 43, if you activate the first five patches, their states change from
Figure 44, their states change from ACTIVE to RUNNING. The patch
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Figure 44.