Updating firmware from a logical enclosure

You can update firmware from a logical enclosure for the following:

Shared infrastructure

Shared infrastructure is that which is common to all the servers in the enclosure. This option updates selected enclosures and logical interconnects.

Shared infrastructure and profiles

The default value. This option updates selected enclosures, logical interconnects, server hardware without profiles, and server profiles.

Onboard Administrators only

This option updates only the enclosures.

If you update the logical enclosure firmware with the option Shared infrastructure and profiles or Shared infrastructure, servers set with the following options are asked to be powered off:

  • Server hardware which does not have server profiles assigned.

  • Server hardware which has profiles assigned, but whose firmware baseline is set in the server profile as managed manually or has been set to Firmware only.

When you update the firmware for an enclosure associated with a logical enclosure, the firmware baseline configured for the logical enclosure sets the baseline on the enclosure and each of the logical interconnects in the enclosure, as well as the HPE BladeSystem Onboard Administrator.

From the Logical Enclosures screen, when you initiate firmware updates, the firmware is updated in the following order:

  1. Onboard Administrators

  2. Logical interconnects

  3. Server hardware and their associated server profiles

Force re-installation or downgrade

This option is available when you select Firmware baseline.

Select Force re-installation or downgrade if you want to install a firmware version older than the version currently installed or if you want to reapply the current firmware.

CAUTION:

Forcing a firmware downgrade might leave the server unusable and might result in slower installation speeds.

Firmware activation for interconnects

This option is not displayed if you select Onboard Administrators only in the Update firmware for field.

Orchestrated

If you select Orchestrated, a nondisruptive firmware update is attempted for the logical enclosure.

The following options are displayed when there is a validation warning while performing the orchestrated interconnect activation.

OK

Firmware update will be attempted.

Cancel

Firmware update will not proceed.

Parallel

Activates all interconnect modules at the same time. This method is the most disruptive and can cause network and storage connectivity outages.

CAUTION:

Firmware updates using parallel activation must be performed during a maintenance window.

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