Hpupdate Utility; Running The Hpupdate Utility - HP D5970A - NetServer - LCII Service & Reference Manual

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Running HPView from the System Administration Manager program:
If SAM (System Administration Manager) is in the HPSYS directory on the hard disk drive, change to that
directory, and type "SAM." Or insert #1 Diskette in drive A and then turn on the server.
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HPUpdate Utility

The HPUpdate Utility helps you review and update the system BIOS and ROM-based utilities that are stored
on the NVRAM (Erasable Programmable ROM) chip in the HP server. Use of the utility is different for the HP
NetServer LE, LF, and LM.

Running the HPUpdate Utility

You can run the HPUpdate utility from the hard drive, System Administration Manager program (SAM) or
boot from the A drive.
CAUTION
If you do run the utility from the command line, you can enter the following parameters:
Option
e
clear the screen after exiting the utility
l#
where # =
0 for English
1 for French
2 for German
3 for Spanish
4 for Italian
Language update only (the -w option is implied). This option is used by the EISA
Configuration Utility when the user changes the system language. Also, you can use this as
a quick method of changing the system language without having to boot the configuration
utility. Note that this option will not clear the screen so -e must also be used if the screen
needs to be cleared.
o Override all NVRAM contents with the diskette contents. Since HPUpdate only updates
newer versions of components, this is the option used to force HPUpdate to use the disk
contents without any comparison to the version currently in the NVRAM. This option can
also be used if the NVRAM data is corrupted
p The user guarantees that HPUpdate is executing from a protected environment (free of
TSRs, memory managers, etc., that can potentially interrupt the system during an update
process). This must always be typed if HPUpdate is run from the command line; otherwise,
the user will see an error message.
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If there are any memory-resident programs in the configuration, running the
HPUpdate Utility from the command line may damage the NVRAM. It is important
that you start (boot) the server with the HPUpdate Utility in drive A to provide a safe
environment for the update process.
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