Card Status Requirements; Upgrade Procedure Overview; Set-Up The Hardware Connection; Out-Of-Band Connection - HP zl User Manual

Card Status Requirements

Upgrade Procedure Overview

Set-Up the Hardware Connection

Only cards with an oper-status of "up" are updated. If a card is down when you run install, or a card is
added after running install:
1. Bring up the card
2. Run install again.
Specify the same image file. If the image is already installed on a card, that card is skipped.
3. Be sure to specify the boot-config again so that all cards know to boot from the same system
image.
The system upgrade process is summarized in the following steps:
1. Set up the hardware connection for the upgrade
2. Verify the installed system-image version number
3. Download an image file
• from a network-accessible ftp server.
or
• Download an image file remotely from a tftp server.
4. Install the new system-image
5. Configure the CLI and Element Manager to use the appropriate configuration file the next time they
reboot (page 101).
6. Reboot the system (page
For detailed information about the hardware, refer to the HP Dual-port 4x Fabric Adapter User Guide
and the HP 24-Port 4x Fabric Copper Switch Hardware User Guide.
There are two types of hardware connections that can be used to download a new image to the
InfiniBand system: Out-of-Band or In-Band.

Out-of-Band Connection

1. Connect the server to the ethernet management port, if a connection does not already exist.

In-Band Connection

1. Use a 4x copper cable to connect from an InfiniBand-enabled host to an InfiniBand port on the
InfiniBand switch.
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