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09-12-2010 02:28 PM
09-12-2010 02:28 PM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
To add new updates to the Firmware package you just need to copy the *.scexe files to the appropriate subdir, /export/FW900.2010_0403.93/hp/swpackages/ in my case. This works for USB made keys too.
You also need to made sure the scexe is executable. "sudo chmod a+rx CP012402.scexe"
I have had intermittent issues with smartstart, it gets into the X system and just sits there with an active cursor. only happens to some systems. We only use DL360 G6 and G5s, very annoying when you need run this for HP serveice and it won't start.
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09-12-2010 03:06 PM
09-12-2010 03:06 PM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
fyi, we only have DL360 G6/G6's and use centos.
We used to only update by mounting the FW dir on our working OS (no apps running) and just execute hpsum with appropriate options.
This led to about 30 percent of the G5's having some sort of update issues. Sometimes doing it again worked, sometimes not (bricked P800 and PM modules).
VAR tech said he never has any issues with USB key or CD. So, from then on we only used FW update from PXE on the G5s and it's been great. So, if you have G5 and older I would only use USB Key/PXE based updater.
On G6s I still mount and run hpsum from OS. My script does a "tail -n 5 /var/hp/log/*.log" on all the systems so i can see if anything is amiss. ILO will sometimes fail to update. I just run it manually on those, always works.
Options I run on hpsum:
"./hpsum /silent /allow_update_to_bundle /allow_non_bundle_components /use_latest /use_downloaded"
I used to also have "/use_web", but it downloaded ILO v2.00 and that kernel panicked 60 machines on reboot. That was a very long day....
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10-05-2010 10:46 AM
10-05-2010 10:46 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
To add new updates to the Firmware package you just need to copy the *.scexe files to the appropriate subdir, /export/FW900.2010_0403.93/hp/swpackages/ in my case. This works for USB made keys too.
@Vanec, I tried copying the .scexe files into the unpacked iso image and then re-burning the iso, but for some reason it doesn't pick up the latest firmware updates. Does anyone know why this might be happening?
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10-26-2010 10:58 AM
10-26-2010 10:58 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
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03-18-2011 02:48 AM
03-18-2011 02:48 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
Have you managed to locate the update logs? My plan is to copy them to the nfs mount.
Levente
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11-22-2011 05:43 AM
11-22-2011 05:43 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
Now with the Service Pack for Proliants, I would love to run this off a PXE server. I followed to the instructions, but it is now failing when it tries to mount the ISO image.
here is my pxelinux.cfg
label sos
MENU LABEL HP Automatic Firmware Update Version 2011.09.0
kernel hp/vmlinuz
append initrd=hp/initrd.img media=cdrom rw root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=485956 init=/bin/init loglevel=3 ide=nodma ide=noraid nopat pnpbios=off vga=791 splash=silent hp_fibre showopts noexec32=off numa=off nox2apic TYPE=AUTOMATIC iso1=nfs://10.10.10.10/vol/firmware_iso/hp/SPP2011090.2011_0930.13.iso isolmnt=/mnt/bootdevice/
but it fails to an error saying "nfs://10.10.10.10/vol/firmware_iso/hp/SPP2011090.2011_0930.13.iso" is not a directory.
Any help appreciated
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02-02-2012 08:06 AM
02-02-2012 08:06 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
Is there a way to run automatically the hardware test provided by SmartStart 8.7b insight diagnostics? I have set the SmartStart at my PXE server. I need it only for the hardware tests (new servers are checked for failures during shipment). I have configured PXE to update the firmware and install os automatically but I need to add hardware check.
Also is there any way to do it with HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition... couldn't make it work with PXE.
Thanks in advance,
Pavel
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02-22-2012 02:28 AM
02-22-2012 02:28 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
I am getting the same issue when trying to PXE boot the SPP. Here is my .cfg file
label SPP2012.01.0/
MENU LABEL ^ - HP Service Support Pack 2012.01.0 - Manual Installation
MENU INDENT 1
kernel /HP/SSP/2012.01.0/vmlinuz
append initrd=HP/SSP/2012.01.0/initrd.img media=network rw root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=485956 init=/bin/init loglevel=3 ide=nodma ide=noraid nopat pnpbios=off vga=791 splash=silent hp_fibre showopts noexec32=off numa=off nox2apic TYPE=MANUAL iso1=nfs://10.112.64.190/PXEROOT/NFSROOT/hpservicepack/SPP2012010.2012_0119.47.iso isolmnt=/mnt/bootdevice/
say "Loading the HP Service Support Pack "
I get this error:
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03-02-2012 06:00 AM
03-02-2012 06:00 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
Its looking for flat files not an iso.
I have implemented the spp to run after the installation of the o/s on our servers as it then also updates drivers and hp agents.
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03-05-2012 03:33 AM
03-05-2012 03:33 AM
Re: PXE Boot Image from an ISO
When you say 'flat files' what exactly do you mean? Do i need to change the kernel append params or do I need to exctract the .iso or both ?