HP OneView manual Roles and Tasks, Firmware update process, Unsupported firmware for enclosures

Unsupported firmware for enclosures

When adding an enclosure, the appliance:

•Generates an alert if the logical interconnect firmware for the interconnects is below the required minimum level or if the interconnect firmware levels do not match. You must update the logical interconnect firmware from the Logical Interconnects screen or REST APIs.

•Updates the OA firmware automatically, if below the required minimum

•Updates the iLO firmware automatically, if below the required minimum

Unsupported firmware for server profiles

You are prevented from applying server profiles if the associated iLO firmware is below the minimum supported version, and instead, are directed to the Server Hardware screen to update iLO firmware.

Unsupported firmware for interconnects

If you attempt to add an interconnect with firmware that is below the minimum supported version, an alert is generated. You must update the logical interconnect firmware from the Logical Interconnects screen or REST APIs.

The Firmware panel of the Logical Interconnects screen displays the installed version of firmware and the firmware baseline for each interconnect.

18.3 Roles and Tasks

The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:

•View the firmware repository for firmware bundles to see the following:

◦ List of firmware bundles in the repository

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Contents of a firmware bundle

Available storage space for the repository

Minimum required privileges: Network administrator, Server administrator, or Read only

•Upload a firmware bundle to the appliance.

Minimum required privileges: Network administrator or Server administrator

•Install a firmware bundle for managed devices.

Minimum required privileges: Network administrator for interconnects or Server administrator for server profiles and enclosures

•Remove a firmware bundle from the firmware repository.

Minimum required privileges: Network administrator or Server administrator

•Create a custom SPP.

Minimum required privileges: Network administrator or Server administrator

18.4The firmware update process

Firmware bundles enable you to update firmware on servers, blades, and infrastructure (enclosures and interconnects).

•To update the firmware on all devices in an enclosure, you select a new SPP as the new firmware baseline and to apply it to either the enclosure only (OA firmware), or to all the

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