HP Onboard Administrator - Manual (Page 170)

Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices 170
• Manual Discovery and Manual Update Only—The default policy. This policy prevents the Onboard
Administrator from automatically performing server update or discovery upon insertion into the
enclosure.
Manual Discovery or Update and Scheduled Update is required before the Onboard Administrator can
display extended server firmware versions.
• Automatic Discovery on Insertion—Enables the Onboard Administrator to perform a boot for discovery
on a server enabled using Bays to Include, collecting extended firmware information for that server,
updating the firmware management log for that event, and then rebooting the server into normal
operation. You can then view the detected firmware versions and update that firmware with either a
manual or scheduled update.
• Automatic Update on Insertion—Enables the Onboard Administrator to perform a boot for update on a
server enabled using Bays to Include, collecting updated extended firmware information for that server,
updating the firmware management log for that event, and then rebooting the server into normal
operation. This policy updates the server firmware to the selected firmware image after a service event,
such as replacing the server board or option card.
Automatic Discovery and Automatic Update are mutually exclusive policies and affect all Bays to Include in
the enclosure.
Setting a scheduled firmware update
A scheduled firmware update policy provides a schedule for the Onboard Administrator to automatically
update all the Bays to Include to the firmware versions on the ISO firmware image. At the scheduled date and
time, the Onboard Administrator starts an update operation using the Power Policy on all Bays to Include,
updates their firmware using the ISO firmware image, and then reboots all the included servers back into
normal operation.
Initiating manual update and discovery
Manual discovery or manual update of one or more servers can be initiated to perform a one-time collection
of the existing firmware versions or update of one or more servers to the firmware image versions.
Specifying the bays to include in a firmware management process
All device bays are included for firmware management by default. The Onboard Administrator administrator
can select specific device bays to include and not select other device bays that must be excluded from
enclosure firmware management update policies, manual updates, or scheduled updates.
By default, the Firmware Manage All Servers check box is selected, enabling Enclosure Firmware
Management policies and scheduled updates to be performed on all available servers.
Either select each of the base bays, side a bays, and side b bays individually, or select all device bays by
selecting the Firmware Manage All Servers check box.
To manually select specific servers for Enclosure Firmware Management:
1. Clear the Firmware Manage All Servers check box.
2. Select the check box next to the individual bays, or select bays according to bay type.
3. Click Apply. The updated list of bays to include for Enclosure Firmware Management appears.
Bay selection is currently limited to device bays only. Switch and Onboard Administrator bays cannot be
selected.