HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide

UPDATE NPARTITION
IMPORTANT: This command is not available if you have complex firmware earlier than the
Online Firmware Update release.
To update firmware for all partitions if you have complex firmware earlier than the Online
Firmware Update, see “UPDATE FIRMWARE”.
• Command:
UPDATE NPARTITION {{<nPar ID>} |ALL } {<uri>} [FORCE] [REINSTALL]
[NOEXECUTE]
• Description:
— The UPDATE NPARTITION command downloads a new flash image from the network
or a USB drive attached to the DVD module, or a DVD in the enclosure DVD drive in
the monarch enclosure and uses it to update the firmware for HP Superdome 2 cell
blades within the specified partition(s).
— The <uri> should be formatted as usb://<path> for USB installations. Use the SHOW
USBKEY command to obtain the <path>.
— Supported protocols for network installations are HTTPS, HTTP, TFTP, and FTP.
— The <uri> should be formatted as protocol://host/path/filename for network
installations.
— If your ftp server does not support anonymous logins, a username and password can
be specified within the <uri> with the following format:
ftp://username:password@host/path/filename.
— The FORCE argument is required to install a firmware bundle that is a lower revision
level than what is currently installed on the partition(s).
— The REINSTALL argument forces the system to update the firmware of the specified
partition(s) regardless of current firmware revision.
— The NOEXECUTE argument causes the command to stop without updating firmware.
• Access level/Bay level:
OA Administrator, OA Operator
• Restriction:
You must be connected to the monarch OA.
UPDATE SHOW NPARTITION
CLI
• Command:
UPDATE SHOW NPARTITION {<nPar ID>} |ALL }
• Description:
Displays the version of the firmware bundle currently installed on the server blades within
the specified partition(s).
• Access level/Bay level:
All
• Restriction:
None
Task Summaries for Rebooting and Resetting Partitions 65