BladeSystem Firmware 1.30 Deployment Tool

[Andre Alexanian]

I'm using the Bladesystem firmware deployment tool with great success. I can update my whole enclosure in minutes. The sad thing about this is that the ISO provided is out of date. If try to change. If I try to inject a CP00xxxx.scexe file, Linux will no longer mount the drive. Is there a way of updating the ISO ourselves?

[Michael Garner_1]

In the short-term, the way to add components to the FDT tool is as follows:

1) Insert/Mount the FDT as you do today.
2) When the server boots, right after you hear the beep for the OS to load, there will be a blinking cursor for about five seconds before the boot environment on the CD starts. At this blinking cursor, type "console". This will drop you to a Linux prompt.
3) Put the components you want to add on a USB key and insert it via the dongle on the server you have at the console prompt.
4) Make a new mountpoint for the CD (eg. mkdir /usbkey)
5. Mount the USB key (normally this will be something like: mount /dev/sdb1 /usbkey
6. Copy the files from your USB key to the RAM drive where where HPSUM will be copied ("cp /usbkey/* /tmp/swpackages/")
7. Run HPSUM silently (must be silent since X support is not on the CD) by typing ./hpsum -s

You can also use an ISO cracker, but it must known how to write a Linux boot kernel based on SLES10 SP2.

Longer-term, I'm looking at several possible solutions to this problem, but you probably won't see them until the February 2009 release of the FDT.

Regards,
Michael Garner
HP PSP/Firmware/FDT Architect

[Jimmy Vance]

As Micheal stated, you can use an ISO editor, but the few I've tried don't handle the image properly and are not bootable once edited

If you have access to a Linux system, you can use this method

Make a working directory, for this example I'll call it respin

# cd /tmp
# mkdir respin

copy BB130.2008_0822.11.iso into /tmp, or use the full path to BB130.2008_0822.11.iso on the next line

# mount BB130.2008_0822.11.iso /mnt -oloop
# cp -a /mnt/* respin/

now copy the new .scexe files into /tmp/respin/compaq/swpackages

finally run this command to create a new bootable .iso image

# cd /tmp
# mkisofs -J -iso-level 3 -R -L -o BB130_respin.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -V BB130_respin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./respin

# umount /mnt

[JKytsi]

Have You tried the HP USB key utility ?

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=3454580&prodNameId=3562397&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-f7adf0b120004742b2b24076bb

With firmware maintance CD it worked just by copying the new versions to USB key.

[Michael Garner_1]

Just an FYI...the FDT does not work with the USB Key Creator Utility. It has a different boot kernel and doesn't contain several files necessary for the USB KCU to work with it.