Hi Sammy i came across this article a while back not sure where
A ├в a high level ├в how to├в ├в :-)))
I have just simply copied the affected packages to the swpackages folder. Full stop. :-)))
But let├в s try to detail>
1. You have an iso image of the 9.0 FW DVD
2. You put it on a pendrive with the HP USB Key Utility found on the same page with the FW DVD. First trick> as the iso image is about 800MB (as I remember) you would expect that it will easily fit onto a 1GB pendrive. But NOT! During the preparation of the pendrive the utility will request at least 1200MB (!!!), so at least a 2GB pendrive to be used...
3. On that pendrive there is the x:\HPFWUP900\hp\swpackages folder that contains all the individual packages. I have just copied here the newer packages ├в NO repository edited, NO xml trick, NO removing the older ones, nothing.... I gave it a try, and magic> it works. After the automatic run of the upgrade the FW version was of the newer one, not the older one from the 9.0 FW bundle. There was no ├в serious integration├в in its classical meaning.
4. Obviously, you have to copy there the linux online packages (.scexe files) as we are talking about the FW CD-based FW deployment ├в wich is nothing but a simplified linux environment. And those packages are also downloaded from the Support and Drivers page of the affected device or product.
5. Just give it a try, it is really very simple ├в and I am happy to find something that really works well and simply. No problems encountered, it just works as it has to. Which is not the case for example of the OA-based ISO sharing....
6. So I even tried to use the iso image on a pendrive inserted into the OA, and presenting it to individual blades. I tried it for only two blades, they booted up and both of them got locked at a point. This issue might have its own reasons, but it was enough for me / I succeeded with going through all the blades individually upgrading in parallel with two or more pendrives (yes, I had only about 30... :-)
But the automatic FW-upgrade is really cool...
(and after that it will automatically boot to the os even with the pendrive plugged...)
(and even if it will boot for second time it will just look around behind the scenes, and do nothing, continuing to boot the OS ├в this might be a test wether every FW component has done its job...)
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