Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

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Updating an Existing Operating System and Software

Updating HP-UX Software

You’ll see a display showing that the T-class has two PDC banks. For

example,

Active Firmware Versions:

SP Bank 0: SP 2.02, PSCM 1.60, Compiled 06/24/97 19:08 UT

PDC Bank 1: J537

PSCM Boot ROM: 2.2

Alternate Firmware Versions:

SP Bank 1: SP 2.00, PSCM 1.60, Compiled 03/21/97 21:45 UT

PDC Bank 0: J533

The critical piece of information is the PDC Bank of the active

Firmware Version. (In this example, the information is J537.)

IMPORTANT Check the information shown as PDC version number against Table 2-1,

“Supported Hardware and Firmware for 11.0 64-bit Operation.” If the

PDC Bank number is not the minimum required, call your HP sales

engineer and arrange for a ﬁrmware update before installing or updating

to HP-UX 11.0 64-bit.

If you try to update a system lacking the correct level of ﬁrmware, you

risk putting the system into an unusable state.

Determining the Firmware Revision on

V-Class Servers

IMPORTANT All V-class servers are certiﬁed solely for 64-bit operation. Do not

attempt to install or upgrade V-class servers with the 32-bit version of

HP-UX 11.0.

For More Information

For detailed information on what ﬁrmware or hardware is needed to

update your system to HP-UX 11.0 64-bit version, see the document

Readme Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11.0, the Release Notes

for HP-UX 11.0 , or check with your HP ﬁeld engineer.