HP Insight Management Agents 9.20 Managing ProLiant Servers with Linux HOW TO Whitepaper
Usage: cpqblru [-eql?] [-a address1,address2, . . .] [-c
chassis1,chassis2,. . .]
Table 9: “ProLiant BL Rack Upgrade Utility parameters” describes the parameters for the utility.
Table 9 ProLiant BL Rack Upgrade Utility parameters
DescriptionParameter
This optional parameter considers only enclosures with address1, address2, and so on.
The list of addresses must consists of 16-bit quantities separated by commas. The
-a address1,address2,…
addresses can be obtained by running –q. No white spaces are allowed between the
commas and the addresses. If a no comma-separated list is given, all possible addresses
in the rack are considered.
This optional parameter considers only enclosures with positions chassis1, chassis2,
and so on ounted from the bottom. The list must consists of small numbers that are legal
-c chassis, chassis2,…
positions in the rack. No white spaces are allowed between the commas and the
numbers. A list such as 1, 2, 5 signifies the bottom, second-to-bottom, and fifth-to-bottom
enclosures.
This parameter disregards the local enclosure (for example, the enclosure that contains
the server from which you flash) in the flashing. This parameter is given in conjunction
with –a or –c.
-e
This parameter disregards anything but the local enclosure (for example, the enclosure
that contains the server from which you flash). This parameter should not be given with
–a or –c.
-l
This parameter queries the chassis positions, their serial numbers, and their firmware
status, and returns their addresses.
-q
You can view the manpage for this utility by entering man cpqblru at the command prompt.
Note the following while upgrading ProLiant BL p-Class enclosure management controllers:
• During a flash upgrade, only the primary firmware image is reflashed. All controllers have a
backup image. The backup image is used for recovery purposes when a flash upgrade is
interrupted or otherwise fails. Restoring the backup firmware image is rarely needed and is
covered in the Integrated Lights-Out User Guide located at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/
manage/ilo-description.html .
• When enclosure management controllers are updated in more than one enclosure, the new
image must be transmitted twice (first to the local enclosure and second to the remote enclosures
by using broadcast mode). The update process can take 10 minutes or more. The update
process notifies the user if the update succeeded or failed.
• The reflash operation consumes all bandwidth of the bus that connects the management
controllers. Consequently, other software components, such as the ProLiant Rack Agent, might
not report up-to-date information during the flash upgrade.
HP OpenIPMI Driver (hp-OpenIPMI)
The hp-OpenIPMI device driver is a derivative work of the IPMI device driver that ships with the
standard Linux kernel. This driver has been enhanced to include bug fixes in addition to supporting
a PCI BMC, such as the one provided by the HP iLO 2 management controller. The file /opt/hp/
hp-OpenIPMI/IPMI.txt is also a derivative of the Documentation/IPMI.txt file included
with the standard Linux kernel. This file has been enhanced to document the additional parameters
that can be passed to the ipmi_si.ko driver. The hp-OpenIPMI device driver enhancements
are expected to be incorporated into the OpenIPMI device driver (http://openipmi.sourceforge.net/)
and subsequently, the standard Linux kernel. This driver can be used with other applications in
addition to the HP Advanced System Management XL (hpasmxl) application.
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