Server Deployment 7.2 Update 2 and NIC Firmware updates

[Rich Dowling]

Hi 

I've noticed that on recent versions of RDP / Server Deployment, the Update Firmware job seems to have stopped updating NIC firmware.

For example, if I run the canned job "Update System Firmware" it will run through and succeed. But then if I boot the same server off the SPP 2013.09 ISO, it will give me options to update the NIC (and actually also the HBA) firmwares.

I've tried running an additional step and specifying the correct CPxxxxx.scexe files with an -c option to the hpsum, but it just ignores them and says no updates required.

Anyone else come across this and/or fixed it?

[shocko]

Hmm, there should be a cpqsetup log generate form the firmware install on the deployment server (for RDP). Can you check if it mentions this cpxxxx.scexe component? It's possible since the firmware upgarde process is pulling the files form the network that it wont risk network disuption by flashing the nic. 

[Rich Dowling]

No, it doesn't mention the relevent CPxxxxx.scexe components for the NIC firmware updates in the log.

If I run the HPSUM from the PXE booted linux image, and get it to produce a firmware report I get the following:

HP SUM Firmware Report

HP SUM 6.0.1

Bundle Name,,Bundle Version
Additional Package,N/A
HP Service Pack for ProLiant,2013.09.0

ProLiant DL580 G7 : localhost

System ROM,P65 07/01/2013,P65 2013.07.01

ILO3,0.00,1.61

Power Management Controller,,No component foundArray Controller,6.40,5.70

Hard Drive,HPDJ,HPDJ

NIC - ,No component found

Tape Drive,,NIC - ,No component found

No Tape Drive component found

InfiniBand,NIC - ,No component found

No Tape Drive component found

Agent Details

Name,Display Name,Module Path,Status
description
ipv6,IPv6 protocol stack for Linux,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/net/ipv6/ipv6.ko,Running
des_generic,DES & Triple DES EDE Cipher Algorithms,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/crypto/des_generic.ko,Running
ecb,ECB block cipher algorithm,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/crypto/ecb.ko,Running
md4,MD4 Message Digest Algorithm,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/crypto/md4.ko,Running
cifs,VFS to access servers complying with the SNIA CIFS Specification e.g. Samba and Windows,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko,Running
dm_mod,device-mapper driver,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko,Running
sg,SCSI generic (sg) driver,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/sg.ko,Running
usb_storage,USB Mass Storage driver for Linux,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko,Running
sd_mod,SCSI disk (sd) driver,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko,Running
ata_piix,SCSI low-level driver for Intel PIIX/ICH ATA controllers,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko,Running
hpsa,Driver for HP Smart Array Controller version 3.4.2-4 (d875/s861),/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/hpsa.ko,Running
nx_nic,HP Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Network Driver,/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/nx_nic.ko,Running

Driver Details

Component Name,Software Key,Path,Version,Status,Description

[shocko]

What happens if you simply boot to the Linux PE and run the cpxxxx.scexe for the NIC firmware manually. 

[Rich Dowling]

It errors due to missing Dynamically linked libraries - libxml.so.2 I think.