Is there a Firmware upgrade best practice?

chuckk281 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:59:20 GMT

Mohamed had a firmware upgrade question:

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Dear Experts

Small Question , when we update the PSP from old version 8.25 to version 8.7 , what is the best practice for the update ? shall we update direct to the new version ?

Thanks and best regards

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Dennis replied:

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Hi Mohamed,

According to below link, it is recommended to only upgrade/downgrade within immediate next three versions only (based on management agents issues).

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=130&prodSeriesId=428936&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c01884289

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And Michael provided this info:

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PSP/Firmware Release Set Matrix tables

Firmware DVD Version

Release Set

ProLiant Support Pack Version

9.30

2011.04

8.70, 8.60, 8.50

9.20(B)

2010.10

8.60, 8.50, 8.40

9.20

2010.10

8.60, 8.50, 8.40

9.10

2010.07

8.50, 8.40, 8.30

9.00

2010.04

8.40, 8.30, 8.25

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