EOE 64bit OS in L1500-8x

[Vick10]

Hi,

I am confused with PA-RISC and IA64 on both HW and OS ppoint of view. I need upgrade the OS from 11.11 to 11.23, my installation hungs during Fileset installation it doesn't even go pass DVD 1. I am not sure if the problem is with the media or I am using a wrong version of OS version. Below is my server HW details

HW Spec:
/root # model
9000/800/L1500-8x
/root # uname -m
9000/800

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The DVD has the following options:
Enterprise OE-64bit
Foundation OE-64bit
HP-UX 11i Base OS-64bit

Am i using the wrong DVD ?? Does L1500 HW servers support 64bit OS.

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

For PA-RISC and IA64 both the OS media should be different.

Suraj

[Vick10]

Does this mean my HW is PA-RISC and the
OS media is for IA64 HW ?

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

The media is for PA-RISC or IA64 it was mention on the media itself please check it.

Suraj

[Vick10]

Hio Suraj,

I am not using the original DVD, i am using a burn copy, any other way to determine ??

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

The L1500 series system is 64 bit PA-RISC.

If I remember correctly it is not supported with 11.31, but is supported with 11.23.

The media however contains both releases. This may be a firmware problem.

SEP

[Vick10]

I am not sure what is the problem, my installation stucks at :

* Download_mini-system: Begin

x ./sbin/fs/hfs/mkfs, 315392 bytes, 616 tape blocks

x ./sbin/fs/hfs/newfs, 258048 bytes, 504 tape blocks

x ./sbin/fs/vxfs/mkfs, 1306624 bytes, 2552 tape blocks

x ./sbin/fs/vxfs/newfs, 339968 bytes, 664 tape blocks

x ./sbin/mkfs symbolic link to /sbin/fs_wrapper

x ./sbin/newfs symbolic link to /sbin/fs_wrapper

x ./sbin/lib/mfsconfig.d/hfs, 979 bytes, 2 tape blocks

x ./sbin/lib/mfsconfig.d/vxfs, 968 bytes, 2 tape blocks

x ./sbin/fs_wrapper, 253952 bytes, 496 tape blocks

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FIRMWARE INFORMATION

Firmware Version: 43.43

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The firmware needs an upgrade.

I'm almost 100% certain of it.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductRoot.jsp?lang=en&cc=il&taskId=135

That link includes firmware downloads and installation instructions.

SEP

[Torsten.]

Firmware 44.12 is the latest

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=il&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=2512032&swItem=PF-CARIW4412&prodNameId=86767&swEnvOID=7&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0

but I doubt this is the real problem - IMHO the most likely is the self-burned media, maybe something went wrong during this copy.
Do you remember the relase date of the original?

[Torsten.]

I checked again - version 44.12 is the minimum required for 11.23:

http://docs.hp.com/en/SFWM1/ch01.html#d0e328