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Jun 23 2009   11:41PM GMT

Important c-Class Blade Enclosure Updates inc. iLO Updates



Posted by: Nathan Simon
HP ILO, HP, The Onboard Administrator, c-Class Blades, Updates, firmware, no downtime, online update, Power Management Controller, bootable cd

Here are some very important updates for HP Blade Enclosures, I have also included iLO Updates as they are very important to keep up to date. Remember iLO and the Onboard Administrator firmwares can be updated live with no impact to the enclosure, ESX/vSphere server, Windows Servers, or Virtual Machine’s on ESX/vSphere. The Power Management Controller will have to be updated via a Bootable firmware CD.

HP Onboard Administrator for c-Class Blades is at rev 2.51 (May 28 2009)

HP ILO is at revision 1.7.8 (June 16th 2009)

HP Power Management Controller rev 3.4(B) (June 17th 2009) (haven’t figured out how to apply this one)

 Here is the whole HP Blade System Online Firmware Bundle

 If the files are out of date, which they shouldn’t be..

 then go here for ILO or Integrated Lights-Out and here for the Onboard Administrator  and here for The Power Management Controller Update

 NS

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Feb 22 2009   9:57PM GMT

ESX Upgrades



Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX Upgrade, ESX 3.02 to 3.5 update, Integrated Lights Out, HP ILO, iSCSI, virtual media applet, DRAC, direct remote access

I just wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know that an ESX Update isn’t as painful as one would think. Just yesterday I took control of one of my clients ESX Servers from home via ILO(Integrated Lights Out. HP’s technology for Direct remote Access) and mounted the ESX 3.5 Update 3 ISO via the virtual media applet, shut the server down via Ilo, booted up from the ISO, and started the upgrade. Everyone always ask the same question, “What about my VMFS and Virtual Machines?” From my new found solid experience with the ESX Updater, I can safely say not to worry. The ESX Installer will find the ESX Installation and upgrade ESX while maintaining all Virtual Machines and configurations. Mind you all my tests and actual implementations were on Servers with local storage, no iSCSI. And I know there have been issues for many users, ie iSCSI Targets disappearing after ESX Update. a quick google search will lead you to many different scenarios and solutions. The one issue i did run into was a SCSI Tape drive that was mounted in the main DC, i just had to quickly edit the machine configuration and select the HP Tape Device, for some reason some obscure device was mounted(old target ID i guess), either way once that was fixed, all the VMs booted fine, and I was back in business. Any questions or concerns, you know where to find me :)

NS

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