Firmware Upgrades For Management Modules - HP ProLiant BL20p Maintenance And Service Manual

Table 3-1: Diagnostic Tools
Tool
Option ROM
Configuration for Arrays
(ORCA)
ProLiant Essentials
Rapid Deployment Pack
ROM-Based Setup Utility
(RBSU)

Firmware Upgrades for Management Modules

For information about upgrading server blade management module or power management
module firmware, refer to the HP website:
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Description
The Option ROM Configuration for Arrays Utility is
a menu-driven utility that does not require a CD and
can be started when the server blade is booting.
This utility enables users to perform the following
functions:
•
Create, configure, and/or delete logical drives.
•
Specify RAID levels.
•
Assign online spares.
•
Set interrupts and the boot controller order.
The optional ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment
Pack is the preferred method for rapid, high-volume
server blade deployments. The Rapid Deployment
Pack includes Altiris eXpress Deployment Server
and the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit.
RBSU configures the hardware installed in the
server blade. This utility enables users to perform
the following functions:
•
Store configuration information in nonvolatile
memory.
•
Manage memory installation, processor
upgrades, network interface cards, and mass
storage devices.
•
Assist in installing an operating system.
•
Configure ports and IRQs, if required.
How to run the tool
Run ORCA by pressing the F8
key during POST.
Install the CD in the CD-ROM
drive of the administrator
workstation or client PC and refer
to the documentation that ships
with the software.
Run RBSU by pressing the F9
key during POST.
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