HP Onboard Administrator - Manual (Page 185)

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• Both Onboard Administrators must be running firmware version 2.10 or later.
• If VLAN is enabled on the active Onboard Administrator, the standby Onboard Administrator must
have firmware compatible with the VLAN feature. If the standby Onboard Administrator has an older
firmware version that does not support VLAN, you must remove the standby Onboard Administrator
and update the firmware to a compatible version from a different enclosure.
Downgrade firmware
Force Downgrade—Use this option to force a downgrade of the Onboard Administrator to an earlier version.
Selecting this option forces a downgrade of the firmware; current settings that are inapplicable to the earlier
version may be lost. When the Onboard Administrator is in VC mode and IPv6 is enabled, the Virtual
Connect Manager may specify a minimum expected firmware version for the Onboard Administrator. When
this situation occurs, disabling Onboard Administrator IPv6 communication prior to the downgrade attempt
makes it possible for VC to interoperate with older Onboard Administrator versions.
NOTE: This feature is disabled while in the FIPS mode ON/DEBUG.
Update firmware
Local File—To update firmware on the active Onboard Administrator from a local file, browse to the firmware
image file or enter the path of the firmware image file in the textbox. The maximum number of characters in
the file path is 256. Click Upload.
Image URL—To update firmware on the active Onboard Administrator from a file located on a web server:
a. Enter an http:// path to the firmware image file. Supported protocols are HTTP, FTP, and TFTP. The
URL is formatted as: protocol://host/path/filename. The URL syntax for IPv6 addresses is:
protocol://[<ipv6 address>]/path/file
If your FTP server does not support anonymous logins, then you can specify a user name and
password within the URL formatted as: ftp://username:password@host/path/filename
NOTE: When using the FTP protocol, specify the image’s URL path in this format, specifying a
double slash (//) prior to the host/path/filename portion of the URL:
ftp://user:password@//host/path/filename.
NOTE: Because of a change in behavior beginning with Onboard Administrator v4.11, if you
specify a single slash (/) instead of double slashes, some FTP servers will search for the image file
using your home directory as the relative root path (/home/user/path/filename). Specifying the
recommended double slashes ensures that the FTP server will use the absolute path
(/path/filename) to search for the image.
b. Enter the URL, and then click Apply.
c. After clicking Upload or Apply, a window displays the progress of the firmware download. When
the download completes, you are signed off the Onboard Administrator and you must sign in again.
USB File—To update firmware on the active Onboard Administrator from an image located on a USB key,
select a file from the menu, and then click Apply. This field appears only when a USB key is detected in the
Active Onboard Administrator USB port and firmware images are present on the USB key.
If you initiated the firmware update, a timer appears and other users receive a dialog box informing them
that the enclosure is powering down and rebooting. After the enclosure reboots, you must sign in again.