You can upgrade the iLO firmware from the Linux shell itself.
1. Download the right
firmware version from HP site and
upload it to the server which you want to upgrade.
2. Now login to the
server and simply run the file which you downloaded from hp site.
mytestsrv1:/var/tmp # ./CP014890.scexeFLASH_iLO2 v1.12 for Linux (Aug 31 2009)Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Firmware image: ilo2_206.binCurrent iLO 2 firmware version 2.01; Serial number ILOXXXXXXXComponent XML file: CP014890.xmlCP014890.xml reports firmware version 2.06This operation will update the firmware on theiLO 2 in this server with version 2.06.Continue (y/N)?yCurrent firmware is 2.01 (Aug 04 2010 11:16:29)Firmware image is 0x300000 bytesCommitting to flash part...******** DO NOT INTERRUPT! ********Flashing completed!Attempting to reset device.Succeeded.Waiting for iLO 2 to reboot...iLO 2 reboot completed.
That's all. you are done. iLO firmware has been upgraded to newer version.
2 comments
Write commentsI believe this is BIOS firmware upgradation.
ReplyiLO5 should be platform independent... but in case you have linux
Reply1. download new iLO5 firmware version for Linux platform from HPE website
2a extract bin file ... unzip ilo5_xxx.fwpkg
2b extract bin file ... sh xxx.scexe --unpack=DIRECTORY
3. upload bin file via iLO5 webGUI to repository
4. install new firmware version via iLO5 webGUI
good luck
DeNada;-)
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