HP Switch Services Modules - HP SECBLADEII-CMW520-F3171P05 Release Notes

HP SECBLADEII-CMW520-F3171P05
Release Notes
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Software upgrading
CAUTION:
Upgrade software only when necessary and under the guidance of a technical support
engineer.
Introduction
Files
To upgrade the software on SecBladeII cards, you need to upgrade and maintain the
following three categories of files:
• BootWare program file
• Application files
• Configuration files
BootWare program file
The BootWare program file on a SecBladeII card is used for booting application files and is
saved on the Flash of the SecBladeII card.
The entire BootWare program file contains a basic segment and an extended segment.
• The basic segment is used for the basic initialization of the SecBlade card. After the
basic initialization, the network interfaces and the CF card are still unavailable.
• After the SecBladeII card runs the extended segment, the network interfaces and the
CF card are available. The extended segment provides diversified human-computer
interaction (HCI) functions to upgrade the applications and the boot system.
• After the basic segment is booted, the extended segment can be upgraded on the
menu of the basic segment.
Application files
The application files on a SecBladeII card usually refer to the boot files. A boot file is an
application file used to boot the SecBladeII card. By default, a SecBladeII card defines
three application files for boot.
• Main application file (main file for short): The default name is main.bin and the file type
is M. It is the default application file used for the SecBladeII card boot.
• Backup application file (backup file for short): The default file name is backup.bin and
the file type is B. When booting with the main application file fails, the SecBladeII card
uses the backup application file to boot.
• Secure application file (secure file for short): The file name is secure.bin and the file type
is S. When booting with the main and backup application files fails, the SecBladeII card
uses the secure application file to boot. When booting with the secure application file
fails, boot failure will be prompted.