Procedure Of Upgrading / Updating Lp Firmware - Hitachi Compute Blade Series Update Manual

Procedure of upgrading / updating LP firmware

Flows of version upgrade and revision update by means of LP Web System are shown
below, where solid boxes with green background indicate steps commonly applicable to
version upgrade and revision update while dotted boxes with blue background indicate
steps unique to version upgrade.
Flow of version upgrade
Obtain LP Version Upgrade
License Key*
Obtain LP firmware
Perform firmware update
Back up of the Configuration
and reboot
Save the configuration
Shut down LPAR manager
Backup the configuration
Boot LPAR manager
Re-save the configuration
LPAR manager time settings
*1: It is unnecessary to input "version up key" when updating a revision.
*2: Version Upgrade License Key is not needed when using LP firmware
version 59-3x/79-3x or later.
3-2 Dynamic Version Upgrade / Revision Update by LP Web System
Hitachi Compute Blade Logical partitioning manager Version Upgrade / Revision Update Guide
Flow of revision update
2
Obtain LP firmware
Perform firmware update*
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