firmware upgrades

[ernest tamura]

We will be upgrading from hp-ux 10.20 to 11.00 on an HP 9000 K460. How do I go about verifying that the firmware revisions are compatible with 11.00? How can I list the current firmware revisions installed?

[Anthony Goonetilleke]

If you have EMS installed there are a bunch of diagostic tools that can help like stm or xstm

Go to tools/information

this should give you the versions

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

The document "Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0" lists the firmware versions needed for 11.x by server, and also details how to use the Support Tools Manager (STM) to obtain your current version.

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90679/B2355-90679.html

...JRF...

[Insu Kim]

Hi

Firmware has nothing to do with HPUX generally.
Please make sure that the latest STM (OnlineDiag) is loaded on your system by executing a command "swlist".
In the case that STM is there, do the followings at the shell prompt.

# ioscan -Cprocessor -fn
If Hardware path is 32,
# echo "sel path 32;info;wait;il"|cstm|grep PDC
Look at the section, PDC Firmware Revision, which is Firmware loaded on the system.

Regards

[Dave Chamberlin]

There are two types of firmware to consider - the PDC firmware and disk firmware. To check disk firmware you can do:
diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx where you put in the particulars for a disk. You cannot obtain disk firmware from HP's site, but you might be able to get PDC firmware there. If you have a service contract, HP will do your PDC upgrade, but you will have to pay to have them do the disk firmware upgrades (unless you have disk support).