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Naming conventions

Figure B-3 outlines the naming conventions used by HP for BIOS files.

Note

You are advised to follow these conventions if you are setting up your own BIOS update repository.

Figure B-3. General naming conventions for a BIOS file

Setting up a repository

After setting up an FTP or HTTP server, you should create a subdirectory that will be used to store the catalog and BIOS files.

This subdirectory can be a virtual or physical directory that is located anywhere in the directory hierarchy that is accessible via HTTP or FTP. The specific name used for the directory is at your discretion; for example, if the server’s host name is www.server.com, then a simple approach would be to create a virtual directory at www.server.com/bios.

The directory name must be published so that it can be set in the BIOS13 as part of the repository’s custom URL. This URL must also include the protocol to be used to access the repository (for example, ftp://www.server.com/bios or http://www.server.com/bios).

Instructions

These setup instructions assume you have created subdirectory bios for an HTTP server.

Note

The organization of directories subordinate to bios is the same whether an FTP or HTTP server is being used.

Under bios, you must create one or more folders whose name(s) exactly match the sysid(s) of the systems you wish to update. For example, for a system with a sysid of 1909, you would create folder 1909.

Each folder requires a catalog whose name also matches the sysid of the particular platform. In this example, you would place catalog file 1909.xml in folder 1909 .

The contents of each .xml file must match the schema defined in Figure B-1.

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