upgrading the operating system

[mostefai mourad]

Hello everybody

I do not know if I should do an upgrade of my PDC firmware before making an upgrade of the operating systeme from 10.20 to 11.00 64 bit, knowing that the serve is a K370 and version of the current PDC frimware is 37.56.

Thank you for your help.

mourad.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

While there is not direct dependency between the PDC level and the OS, it would be better to keep up with the recent version. So, I suggest to upgrade the PDC to the latest level and then upgrade the OS.

-Sri

[mostefai mourad]

Ok, but can I know what is the PDC firmware which can be installed for the server and where can I get it

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

I think 39.43 is the latest version for K370. Try this link

http://us-support2.external.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/sid=9eba2a1e019c9714d6/screen=wpslSelectPatch

-Sri

[Edward Alfert_2]

I disagree with keeping up with the lastest PDC version.

Remember that if anyting goes wrong during upgrade, you will have a dead system... You would have to replace the mainboard.

Everything i have read from HP says the recommend ONLY upgrading PDC if you are experiencing any problems that would be solved with an upgrade. If you don't have any problems, then they recommend you leave it as is.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

It would be good if you have the latest firmware on the box.

Have a look at these threads.

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=18973a6e1437c7ee94/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000010042227

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=18973a6e1437c7ee94/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000055861795

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=18973a6e1437c7ee94/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000049517068

You can download the latest firware from this link

ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CBHK3943

or

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/screen=wpslDisplayPatch/sid=b8ca246104bc395969?PATCH_PATH=/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_CBHK3943+K-Mine+0+200000049517068

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

We get updated PDCs for two reasons

-Enhancements
-fixes

We need to care about fixes. There are many bugs with the older version of PDCs like system hangs, no core dumps, clock problems etc.,

However, I would ask HP CE to update PDC for me. Remember, PDC versions are not *unsupported*. So I don't appreciate HP not recommending them.

-Sri

[mostefai mourad]

Hi

SRI, I appreciate your help. And I am agree with you to upgrade the Firmware especially for my case because if I keep my system with old version of the firware my O.S couldn't run at 64bit.

[mostefai mourad]

Hi

SRI, I appreciate your help. And I am agree with you to upgrade the Firmware first, especially for my case because if I keep my system with old version of the firware my O.S couldn't run at 64bit.