14 Upgrading Firmware; Components For Firmware Upgrades - HP IBRIX 9300 Administrator's Manual

14 Upgrading firmware

The Firmware Management Tool (FMT) is a utility that scans the IBRIX system for outdated firmware
and provides a comprehensive report that provides the following information:
Device found
Active firmware found on the discovered device
Qualified firmware for the discovered device
Proposed action — Users are told whether an upgrade is recommended
Severity — How severe an upgrade is required
Reboot required on flash
Device information
Parent device ID

Components for firmware upgrades

The HP IBRIX system includes several components with upgradable firmware. The following table
lists these components and specifies whether they can be upgraded online and in a nondisruptive
manner. The following example is an example for the 9320 system.
Component
DL380
SAS HBA
OS image
RAID controller
HDD
Enter the following command to show which components could be flagged for flash upgrade.
hpsp_fmt -lc
The following is an example of the server components that are displayed:
SERVER:
------
ILO3
BIOS
Power_Mgmt_Ctlr
Smart_Array_Ctlr
NIC
PCIeNIC
SERVER_HDD
Online and Nondisruptive?
Nondisruptive if done one server at a time
Yes, if done one server at a time
Yes, if done one server at a time
Yes, if done one controller at a time
No
:Integrated Lights-Out(iLO) 3
:Systems ROM for Server Blade
:Power Management Controller
:HP Embedded Smart Array Controller
:HP Embedded Network Adapter
:HP PCIe Network Adapter
:HP Server Hard Disk Drives
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