HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem - Manual (Page 4)

Introduction 4
Introduction
Overview
The HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility enables administrators to upgrade VC-Enet and
VC-FC firmware, and to perform other maintenance tasks remotely on both HP BladeSystem c-Class c7000
and c3000 Enclosures using a standalone command line utility.
When the utility initiates a firmware upgrade process, VCSU performs an automatic health check, and then
all modules are updated at the same time. The utility displays a message indicating that an update is in
progress and the percentage completed. After the module firmware updates are complete, the utility
activates all of the modules.
You can use the -f health parameter of the update command to force an update, even if the health of
a module is not in a good state.
Using HP-UX
When using HP-UX, use the swinstall command to install the utility.
Example command line:
swinstall -s /tmp/download vcsu
where "/tmp/download" is the local directory that contains the downloaded "vcsu.depot".
Requirements
• A supported operating system must be installed on the client:
o Microsoft Windows 7
o Windows Server 2008 R2
o Windows Server 2012
o HP-UX 11.23 and 11.31
o Linux (RHEL 5.8, RHEL 6.2, RHEL 6.3, SLES 10 SP4, SLES 11 SP2)
• To run VCSU, the minimum required, available free disk space is 600 MB per installation instance. For
example, if you run VCSU three times in parallel against three different enclosures, you must have
approximately 1.8 GB of available disk space.
• With VC version 4.01 and higher, a user must have the Export Support Files, Firmware Update (VCSU),
and Save Domain Configuration role operations enabled to perform a firmware update.
If the domain is managed by VCEM, configurable role operations must be delegated to one of the
following roles if they are to be performed while the domain is in Maintenance Mode: Network,
Storage or Domain. Administrators logging into VCM with a Server role account while the domain is in
Maintenance mode will be denied access to perform delegated operations such as exporting support
files, updating firmware, configuring port monitoring or saving or restoring domain configuration.