Updating iLO on a BL460c ESXi Blade
Several of my customers use HP C7000 blade chassis for their ESXi hosts. One of them asked me to help them update the firmware in their enclosures. There are basically three different pieces of the blade chassis; each one needs updating. The blades themselves need updating, the Interconnect Modules (basically, embedded switches) need updating and the Onboard Administrator Modules need updating. There are different and varied steps for updating each of those components. The blade is updated by bootstrapping with an SPP (Service Pack for Proliant) ISO. The OA is updated through its own web interface by uploading a specific .bin file. The Virtual Connect (which is the centralized management for all of the Interconnect Modules) is updated through its own special command line utility by uploading its own specialized .bin file. All of that is a little awkward, but it’s not really that big of a deal. We did run into one spot of difficulty, as ...