Updating System Firmware With Ode - HP Visualize J5000 - Workstation Service Handbook

listautofl or lsautofl – lists the contents of the (HP-UX) autoboot file.
support – boots the Support Tape from the boot device.
readss – displays 4 bytes (one word) from Stable Storage. The readss com-
mand requires a decimal number between 0 and 255 to address four bytes in
Stable Storage.

Updating System Firmware with ODE

The Offline Diagnostic Environment (ODE) consists of diagnostic modules for test-
ing and verifying system operation. The update utility of ODE provides the capabili-
ty of updating the PDC/IODC firmware from the LIF directory onto the EEPROM.
ode is an ISL utility. To invoke ODE and bring up the update utility:
1.
Invoke the ISL environment from the system disk.
2.
Type ode after the
Enter
tory on the system disk. The prompt changes to
3.
At the prompt, type update
ODE>
The prompt changes to
UPDATE>
NOTICE: The update command is available only if the work-
station is running HP-UX version 10.0.
The following commands may be entered at the
help – prints a one line description of each of the available commands in the
update utility.
info – prints information on how to use the update utility.
run – updates the PDC of the workstation from the LIF directory.
image – allows you to specify which LIF images to use.
stable – allows stable storage to be updated when you issue the RUN com-
mand.
expert – enables/disables exit pausing and run confirmation for expert users.
exit – resets the workstation so the new PDC can run.
To run the update utility, type run
date loads the new images into memory, it asks you if you want to continue the up-
date process, and displays the PDC version of the currently running PDC as well as
that of the images that were loaded. If you wish to continue, type y
When the update process has completed, the machine reboots automatically.
prompt to invoke ode from the LIF direc-
ISL>
.
ODE>
to bring up the update utility.
Enter
.
prompt:
UPDATE>
at the prompt. After up-
Enter UPDATE>
Boot Console
.
Enter
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