General Upgrade Considerations; Upgrade Requirements; Related Considerations - NEC Express5800/ftServer Administrator's Manual

General Upgrade Considerations

General Upgrade Considerations
When upgrading the Linux operating system or the Express Builder, be aware of the
following requirements and related considerations.

Upgrade Requirements

First, ensure that the system's BIOS and BMC firmware levels support the new Express
Builder version. You can obtain required versions of firmware from the ExpressBuilder for
Linux CD. If necessary, upgrade the firmware (see
Optionally, upgrade the Linux operating system, as described in
Restoring the Linux Operating System'' on page
system software, check with the NEC Corporation of America Customer Support
Center or your authorized NEC service representative to ensure that your ftServer
system supports the new version.
Upgrade the Express Builder, as described in

Related Considerations

The upgrade and reinstallation processes do not overwrite the following files, if you
have modified them:
/etc/modprobe.d/ft-network.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond1
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth000010
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth000011
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth080010
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth080011
If the RPM file on an upgrade CD contains updated versions of these files and if you
have modified the original file, the upgrade process saves the updated file to the
/etc/OPT/ft/network-scripts/ARCHIVE directory, giving each file a .rpmnew
extension.
To complete an upgrade to your system, do one of the following:
If you do not want to preserve your changes, copy the .rpmnew file to the
appropriate directory, but remove the .rpmnew extension.
4-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator's Guide for the Linux Operating System
Chapter 3).
''Upgrading or
4-3. Before upgrading the operating
''Upgrading or Restoring Express Builder''on page 4-6.