topic Re: BL460G6 in BladeSystem - General

BL460G6

toni osta — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:22 GMT

Hi
i have a C7000 enlosure with two OA ( firmware 2.32 Dec 2008)
i have BL460C G5 running well
but i have added a BL460G6 server blade but i have this error :
Server Blade #6 Information:
Type: Server Blade
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP ProLiant BL460c G6
Part Number: [Unknown]
System Board Spare Part Number: 531221-001
Serial Number: [Unknown]
UUID:
Server Name: [Unknown]
Asset Tag: [Unknown]
ROM Version: [Unknown]

does i need to upgrade the OA firmware
Best Rgds

Re: BL460G6

Adrian Clint — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:26:28 GMT

Well none of the later firmware updates specifically say they are there to support G6 servers but 2.32 was the 1st to support G5 so it did not know of G6 at that time. So it would be recommended that you upgrade.

Re: BL460G6

toni osta — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:39:02 GMT

can i put the firmware that i need to load on any laptop on the same network of the OA or it should be located on one of the blades ?

Re: BL460G6

The Brit — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:23 GMT

Toni,
My OA's are at 2.60, and I recently installed a bunch of G6's without any issues.

Dave.

Re: BL460G6

WFHC-WI — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:17:57 GMT

Hi Toni,

Check Note 2 on the "Previous Firmware Versions" tab of this page:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class.html

You will see that HP requires OA version 2.51 or higher for compatibility with G6 blades.

OA firmware can be uploaded from your laptop or any other share on the same network.

good luck

Re: BL460G6

toni osta — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:52:41 GMT

- Thank you for the replies

can i upgrade directly to the latest firware OA version or should i pass by the next one first
as per the pre rquisits , i should update also the ILO and ROM and the VC firmware (is it mandatory ? )

before the update of the OA , how can i do a backup of the OA configuration ?

Thank you

Re: BL460G6

WFHC-WI — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:55:06 GMT

>>can i upgrade directly to the latest firware OA version or should i pass by the next one first

It is safe to go directly from 2.32 to 2.51/2.52/2.60

>>as per the pre rquisits , i should update also the ILO and ROM and the VC firmware (is it mandatory ? )

Yes. Update the ROM, ILO, PMC (Power Management Controller), OA, and VC. If your VC is older than 1.34 then you should upgrade that before you upgrade the OA.

>>before the update of the OA , how can i do a backup of the OA configuration ?

From the GUI, Enclosure Information > Enclosure Settings > Configuration Scripts.
Follow the link, "Click here to view a configuration script containing the current settings for this enclosure."

Hope that helps.

Re: BL460G6

The Brit — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:02:38 GMT

Just to finish the last post.

When the new window opens containing the configuration, use the "Edit" menu to "Select all", then "Copy".

Now open NOTEPAD, (or some other text editor) and "Paste" the configuration into the Editor.

Now "Save" the file to your server with whatever name you want to use.

Dave