c7000 OA upadate command for blade does not work

[joel Krajden]

Command does not show blade firmware (disk controller or bios)

> update show

Device Name Location Version NewVersion
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRAY | BladeSystem c7000 Onboard Administrator Tray | - | 1.3 | 1.3
ICBAY | HP 1Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module for c-Class | 1A | 2.8.3 | 2.8.3
ICBAY | HP 1Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module for c-Class | 2A | 2.8.3 | 2.8.3

> update show blade 1

Device Name Location Version NewVersion
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLADE 1: The operation cannot be performed on the requested device.

Joel

[Raghuarch · Accepted solution]

Hi Joel,

UPDATE {SHOW | DEVICE} [ FORCE ] {ALL | LCD | TRAY | BLADE [ALL | [{ , | - } ]] | ICBAY [ALL | [{ , | - } ]] | FAN [ALL | [{
, | - } ]] }: Administrator account privileges are required... UPDATE SHOW (or SHOW UPDATE) displays enclosure components that are available for microcode upgrade.
UPDATE DEVICE executes the upgrade process on one or more available enclosure components (if required). UPDATE DEVICE FORCE option allows microcode updates regardless of current
version number.

This command works only on Tape Blades it shows the ISMIC version or TAPEMIC version.

If you want to see the ROM version of the Server, See the Rack Firmware page in the GUI.

If you have any Storage Blades try to execute the command it will work fine.

[joel Krajden]

Perhaps the documentation could be improved to clarify the blade types.

Ideally being able to upgrade the firmware on the CPU blades from the OA would be great.


Thanks,

Joel

[Siegfried76]

Hi,

Your post is very interresting.

I've just checked on OA the show update command and here is the result:

BLADE | HP StorageWorks SB40c | 2 | 1.20 | 2.20
BLADE | HP StorageWorks SB40c | 4 | 1.20 | 2.20
BLADE | HP StorageWorks SB920c | 6 | 1.20 | 2.20

My question is which command do i type to update 2xSB40C + 1xSB920c?
And can i update them in production?

Thanks a lot for your help :-)

Siegfried

[Raghuarch]

Use the below command:
update device blade

[Siegfried76]

Thanks, but can i do it in production?

I'll try this command yesterday but there was a message on OA the upgrade can disrupt the OS?

Is someone has upgraded SB40C & SB920C in production?

Thanks a lot

[Raghuarch]

When you update the firmware of Storage blade it does disrupt the IO Operation.

[Siegfried76]

Thanks a lot, so i've to shut down the servers before i upgrade it.
And when i'll power on the servers after firmware upgrade, there's no problems?

Regards,

Siegfried